"Constitution Subverted": AAP Calls For Assembly Polls In Jammu and Kashmir

Except the BJP, all political parties in Jammu and Kashmir have been demanding assembly elections after the revision of electoral rolls was completed and published last week.

Arvind Kejriwal's Aam Aadmi Party has submitted a memorandum to the Election Commission demanding polls in Jammu and Kashmir without further delay. The region has been without an elected government for the last four-and-half-years -- the second longest period of Central rule since Independence.

Except the BJP, all political parties in Jammu and Kashmir have been demanding assembly elections after the revision of electoral rolls was completed and published last week.

"The Constitution continues to be subverted by taking freakish excuses to deny Democracy to the people of J&K. The rulings of Supreme Court on time-bound restoration of democratic governments in States/UTs continue to be violated with impunity by the present rulers," read the memorandum, which AAP submitted to the poll commission in New Delhi.

The delegation was led by Harsh Dev Singh, chairman of state Coordination Committee J&K. Earlier, Mr Singh held a protest in Jammu demanding election.