Panchayats can't replace elected govt, says PDP

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Updated At : 04:47 PM Dec 10, 2022 IST

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Srinagar, December 9

Though the 2018 local body elections in J&K were a success, the panchayat system cannot replace an elected government, the Peoples Democratic Party has said.

PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti-led party made these remarks in its monthly newsletter ‘Speak Up’, amidst demands by the mainstream political parties in J&K for conducting Assembly polls in the Union Territory. “Democracy can never be instant as goes beyond polling day,” the party said.

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