9Photo© thehindu.comFarooq Abdullah to contest J&K assembly polls, reveals plan for son Omar
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"Some time back, the ECI announced the schedule for Assembly elections in J&K. People of J-K were waiting for this day for a long time. It is better late than never," Mr. Abdullah told reporters in Srinagar.
The Election Commission said the Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir would be held in three phases on September 18, 25 and October 1, and the votes will be counted on October 4.
The former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister said it is perhaps for the first time after the 1987-88 polls, that the Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir are being held in a short time and in just few phases.
“ I have been inundated with messages, emails, phone calls. Ultimately, the party will decide and the party president will decide,
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