Highest vote share shows people endorsed Art 370 abrogation: J&K BJP core group

The Jammu and Kashmir BJP has claimed that the party’s number one position in terms of vote percentage is a clear endorsement by the public of the Central government’s decision to abrogate Article 370.

A special core group meeting of the BJP leadership held here on Friday urged all party MLAs to remain committed to the party’s goals and play an active role as a vigilant opposition in the Assembly. It asked the party MLAs to ensure that no “injustice” is done to the Jammu region by the National Conference (NC)-led government which, they alleged, is primarily focused on Kashmir.

The special core group meeting, presided over by BJP J&K president Ravinder Raina, took place at the party headquarters, according to a BJP statement. During the meeting, the core group held an in-depth discussion on the recently held elections for the UT of JK Assembly.

The BJP not only made history by securing 29 seats but also garnered the highest vote percentage, approximately 26 percentage, in the Assembly elections, achieving the number one position in terms of vote share, the statement said.

“The victory of the BJP and party standing at number one position in percentage of votes is a stamp of approval by the majority of voters of the decision taken by the Central government to abrogate Article 370 and a number of such other decisions which have instilled confidence of the masses in the system and have largely helped contain and eliminate the terror network from J&K,” the statement said.

The BJP said the majority of the population in J&K also expressed approval for the development and progress driven by the Central government and the L-G administration. This was reflected in the significant increase in the BJP’s vote share in the Kashmir region, it added.

The core group expressed its gratitude to the people of J&K, especially in the Jammu region, for their overwhelming support of the BJP’s policies. They also thanked the BJP workers for their unwavering dedication, which convinced the public to stand by the party’s ‘Nation First’ principles, according to the statement.

“Despite various factors and the misleading campaign by the NC, which resulted in a one-sided election in the Kashmir region, allowing the National Conference to form the government, the real victory lies with the BJP. The party has created electoral history in J&K,” the BJP statement said.

“All BJP members of the J&K Legislative Assembly have been instructed by the party to remain committed and to play the role of a vigilant and effective opposition, ensuring that no injustice is done to the Jammu region by the NC government, which is primarily Kashmir-centric,” the statement added.