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J&K non-local voters: Farooq Abdullah to call national parties meeting in September

Highlights The meeting was called by Dr. Farooq Abdullah to discuss 'Registration of New Voters in J&K' Sajad Lone-led People's Conference and Altaf Bukhari-led Apni Party stayed away from the meeting BJP also convened a meeting of its leaders in Jammu on Monday to chalk out a “counter-strategy” Jammu and Kashmir Elections: National Conference chief and Former J&K chief minister Farooq Abdullah on Monday said that they will invite the leaders of all national parties to Jammu & Kashmir in September and keep issues before them, after a meeting was called to discuss the matter of inclusion of non-local voters in the electoral in J&K. The BJP also convened a meeting of its leaders in Jammu on Monday to chalk out a “counter-strategy” against the meeting called by the National Conference. Abdullah had called the meeting to discuss the issue of "inclusion of non-local voters" in the electoral rolls in Jammu and Kashmir after remarks related to the addition of voters in the revised rolls by the UT's Chief Electoral Officer Hirdesh Kumar raised hackles of the regional parties. Dissatisfied with the clarification issued by the Jammu and Kashmir administration on issues related to revised electoral rolls, the National Conference and PDP said they will go ahead with the meeting.

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