Wednesday 13th May, 2026
Srinagar, Mar 10: (UNI) Reacting to Election Commission of India (ECI) directive to political parties to keep armed forces out of political campaign, two former chief ministers of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti said they are glad as the order will end BJP’s tax prayers funded campaign.
However, Omar, vice president of National Conference (NC) urged ECI to announce dates of election for good fight.
President of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mehbooba said she was glad but ECI’s inordinate delay in this matter & aversion to implementing the Model Code of Conduct (MCC) raises doubts if it is being subverted like other institutions in the country.
Taking to micro-blogging site twitter Omar, who celebrates his 49th firthday todaty, said “ The wait ends as done the BJP’s tax payer funded campaign spree. Bring on the dates & let’s fight the good fight”.
Mehbooba in the twitter said “ Glad that ECI has finally stated the obvious. But its inordinate delay in this matter & aversion to implementing the Model Code of Conduct raises doubts if its being subverted like other institutions in the country”.
The ECI in a directive on Saturday asked political parties to keep armed forces out of political campaigns after allegation that some parties were using photographs of CRPF martyrs during their public meetings.