Click to play videoSrinagar: 2008 Jammu and Kashmir election is a historic election in many ways. This time the people and especially the youth have voted for democracy and are hopeful of seeing a change in the state.
The Assembly poll results are out on Sunday and the National Conference (NC) emerged as the single largest party. The debate has heated up that who will wear the chief minister’s hat - the father (Farooq Abdullah) or the son (Omar Abdullah).
“We want Omar Abdullah as the CM. All over the world, the youth has been voting for change, here also we want someone young and energetic; someone who can bring change,” says a young Kashmiri student Noman Riyaz.
But no matter which party comes to power, the youth has a clear agenda for the government that takes over for the next six years.
“We cannot neglect the fact that the people turned up in large numbers. They have not only voted for issues like bijli (electricity), sadak (road) and pani (water) but also the resolution of the Kashmir issue,” says another young Kashmiri resident Nida Sheikh.
This election process has not only surprised the separatists but also shocked them. The high voter turnout has shredded to bits their call to boycott the elections. And with the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) peddling soft separatism through its self-rule document and the NC calling for autonomy plus, their agenda stands hijacked as well.
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