Omar Abdullah Welcomes Election Commission’s Announcement Of J&K Polls ; Says Der aaye durust aaye , we are ready !

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National Conference vice-president Omar Abdullah has welcomed the Election Commission’s announcement of a three phased Assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir and said it was better late than never “‘Der aaye durust aaye’.

Later Omar tweeted on X

“Some time back, the ECI announced the schedule for Assembly elections in J&K. People of J-K were waiting for this day for a long time. It is better late than never,” Abdullah told reporters in Srinagar.

Omar further stated , ” The Election Commission has announced the dates of the elections in three phases. The schedule will be over in a short time. After 1987-1988, this is the first time when the elections in J&K are being conducted in such a small number of phases. National Conference was ready for this day. We will begin our election campaign soon.”

National Conference leader and Former Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah told ANI , “We want statehood, not only NC but all the parties of J&K want it. It is the Government of India’s promise that there will be complete statehood…”

On the announcement of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections, National Conference President Farooq Abdullah later quoted by ANI said , “I will contest these elections, Omar Abdullah will not contest the elections. When the state status is granted then I will step down and Omar Abdullah will contest from that seat.”