New Delhi, Mar 2: BJP today demanded that representatives of Kashmiri Pandits, who had to leave the state due to terror threats, and the people displaced from Pakistan-occupied Kashmir be nominated to Jammu and Kashmir Assembly.
“There are 111 seats in Jammu and Kashmir Assembly out of which elections are held only on 87 seats as 24 seats lie in Pakistan-Occupied Kashmir that remain vacant.
“We think that the provisions should be made to fill these 24 seats by nominations from the people displaced from PoK,” BJP President Rajnath Singh said. He was delivering the president's address at the BJP National Council Meet here.
Singh also said Kashmiri Pandits, who had to leave the Valley when terrorism was at its peak, should also be nominated to the Assembly.
