New Delhi: With Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing a rally in Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur, the Congress accused the BJP-led Centre on Friday of suspending democracy in the Union Territory and asked it when the Assembly polls would be held there.
In a post on X, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said while the Prime Minister was in Udhampur, in its attempt to retain power in the erstwhile State, the BJP-led government has suspended almost all tiers of democracy and refuses to hold fresh elections.
“PM Modi must answer for his suspension of democracy,” Ramesh said while posing several questions to the prime minister. He said the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir has been under the Centre’s direct rule ever since the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) withdrew support to the Mehbooba Mufti-led government in 2018, citing a “deteriorating security situation”.
