Inclusion of non-locals in voters list aimed at changing JK’s demography, says Tarigami
Terming latest order issued by Deputy Commissioner Jammu regarding inclusion of non-local voters in revised electoral rolls as arbitrary, CPI (M) leader Mohamad Yousuf Tarigami on Wednesday said that it is beginning of a wider plan to reduce the weightage of locals in order to change electoral demographics.
In a statement issued to the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Tarigami said that all parties and civil society groups must reject this arbitrary inclusion of no locals. “BJP designs must be defeated,” he said.
Meanwhile Ghulam Nabi Azad on Wednesday said that giving voting rights to non-locals will be opposed.
Talking to reporters at the sidelines of workers' meet at Khanbal Anantnag, Azad as per the news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO) said giving voting rights to n...