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'PDP, BJP may rig polls'

SRINAGAR, APRIL 5. Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers' Party today accused its ruling coalition partner People's Democratic Party and the BJP of ``planning'' to rig the forthcoming parliamentary polls in the state.

``PDP and BJP are planning to rig the polls in Jammu and Kashmir. The deal has been clinched and they have already distributed the seats,'' NPP chairman Bhim Singh told reporters before embarking on `insaf (justice) yatra' from here to Amritsar Claiming that the modus operandi for rigging had been decided upon, Singh said, ``our candidates will emerge victorious from all seats in the valley, if the elections are free and fair''.

Singh accused the Chief Minister, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, of being directly involved in the BJP policy on Kashmir and that he was implementing the agenda of the Deputy Prime Minister, L. K. Advani, in the state.

The NPP chief said the aim of his `insaf yatra' was to send a message to the rest of the country that Jammu and Kashmir was not included in the BJP's roadmap or vision for India.

``Advani's decision to hold the so-called Bharat Uday Yatra from Kanya Kumari to Amritsar shows that Jammu and Kashmir is not included in the BJP and RSS roadmap. It proves that Jammu and Kashmir is not shining,'' Singh said.

Singh added that Bharat Uday Yatra had revealed the BJP's hidden agenda to implement Dixon plan by separating the state from rest of the country under American dictates.

``Only people of Jammu and Kashmir can decide their future and New Delhi and Islamabad should leave it to them to seek a peaceful solution to the problem,'' he added.

-- PTI

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