17 August,2024 08:31 AM IST | Srinagar | Agencies
Alka Lamba
Congress women's wing chief Alka Lamba on Saturday termed the announcement of Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir as a victory of democracy.
Lamba, the president of the All India Mahila Congress, said party chief Mallikarjun Kharge and senior leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will begin campaigning in Jammu and Kashmir in September.
The Election Commission on Friday announced the assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir in three phases on September 18, 25 and October 1 and the votes will be counted on October 4.
"It is a victory of democracy. It is a victory for the people of Jammu and Kashmir. After a long wait, democracy is being restored here," Lamba told the press.
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She said the people of Jammu and Kashmir will get to choose their own representatives to form the government, and expressed hope that her party will get the majority.
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