BJP Minister Says People Preferring Ballot Over Bullet First Time In 70 Years
SRINAGAR: Union Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur Saturday said that with large number of people including youth participating in the ongoing District Development Council (DDC) polls, the Centre is glad to announce that democracy has won in J&K Union Territory after 70 long years and that was quite evident that “J&K people are choosing ballot over guns.”
Union Minister of State for Finance Anurag Thakur along with senior party leaders addressing a press conference on Saturday, December 12, 2020. KL Image by Bilal Bahadur
He said since the past one and a half year, there was not a single stone pelting incident reported in Kashmir which signifies that people want development through their elected representatives at the grass-root level.