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Onkar Singh in New Delhi
Jammu and Kashmir Panther's Party chief Bhim Singh has accused the Centre of trying to 'foist' the National Conference government on the people of Kashmir after the forthcoming state assembly election to be held in October this year.
Speaking to rediff.com in New Delhi on Thursday, Bhim Singh said free and fair election was not possible 'so long as the people of the state are not involved in the electoral process'.
"To ensure that the election is free and fair the Union government should impose President's rule in the state to deny any advantage to the ruling National Conference," he said.
Bhim Singh said that the Centre should take serious note of the statement made by the Chief Election Commissioner J M Lyngdoh that 'security forces in the past had rigged the polls'.
He alleged that even children have been included in the electoral list by the ruling party to ensure its victory.
He demanded the voters be given identity cards with photographs on them to ensure that no bogus voting takes place.
He claimed that more then one million voters have been displaced because of disturbed conditions in the state.
"The Election Commission should ensure setting up of polling booths for people who had to leave their villages because of shelling by Pakistani army and 350,000 Kashmiri Pandits who are living in Delhi, Jammu and Himachal Pradesh," he said.
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