JAMMU: National Conference president Farooq Abdullah today met Governor N N Vohra and batted strongly for holding clean panchayat elections, which were long overdue, an official spokesperson said.
Abdullah met the Governor at the Raj Bhavan here and informed him that his party was looking forward to the panchayat polls, a Raj Bhavan spokesperson said.
The dates for the panchayat elections have not been announced.
The former Chief Minister complained that the indirect elections of the sarpanch “shall vitiate the essence of the Panchayati Raj institutional framework”. (AGENCIES)
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