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J&K DDC polls: Party�s big win shows people�s trust in PM Narendra Modi�s leadership, says BJP

Jammu
December 24, 2020

The BJP on Wednesday said that the party�s big victory in the District Development Council (DDC) elections in Jammu and Kashmir showed Kashmiri people�s trust in Prime Minister Narendra Modi�s leadership and his Government�s pro-people policies.

Addressing a press briefing, Anurag Thakur, BJP's in charge of DDC polls in Jammu and Kashmir, said, "it is important to know that independent candidates have polled more votes than the Congress and the PDP. The same Mehbooba Mufti who'd refused to unfurl the Tri color has got a befitting reply today.''

�The trust which the J&K people have put in Narendra Modiji, the support which they've shown to his policies and to his work to strengthen the democratic principles are the reasons why BJP has got 3 seats in the Kashmir valley,� Thakur said.

BJP leader BL Santosh said, "Is it not an endorsement of abrogation? Democracy & India have won today."
Santhosh also questioned the People`s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration�s (PAGD) claim that the results are an endorsement of its stand against the abrogation of Article 370, wondering what does its loss in nearly 177 seats mean then ?

Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh also hailed the results through a tweet. "BJP has been accepted as pan #JammuAndKashmir party. ''It is a vindication of PM @narendramodi�s decision to introduce 3-tier democracy which has provided a genuine outlet to democratic aspirations of people,'' he tweeted on the J&K DDC elections.

The reaction from the saffron leaders came after it BJP emerged as the single largest party, wins 75 seats in DDC elections. Importantly, for the first time, the BJP also bagged three seats in Kashmir valley, while PAGD maintained an overall lead in the polls.