Leaders of various national parties supported the demand for the restoration of Jammu Kashmir’s statehood, and elections in the erstwhile state, without any further delay, reported NDTV.
They have also decided to visit Srinagar in May to express their support to the people of Jammu Kashmir.
An all-party delegation from Jammu and Kashmir led by Farooq Abdullah held a meeting with the opposition leaders in Delhi before they visited the Election Commission of India to submit a memorandum demanding assembly elections.
Shard Pawar of the Nationalist Congress Party said that leaders from all opposition parties will be visiting Srinagar to share the pain of the people of Jammu Kashmir, and also give them assurances of support, as per the NDTV report.
After meeting with the ECI, Farooq Abdullah said that the poll panel has assured that they will take necessary steps for holding elections, NDTV reported.
Jammu Kashmir is without an elected government for the last five years. The last assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir were held in 2014.
Jammu and Kashmir is under direct central rule and without an elected government since June 2018, after the BJP withdrew its support to the PDP-led coalition government in the state.