Srinagar: JKLF chairman, Muhammad Yasin Malik today said that if participation in elections is a democratic right then boycotting these is also a democratic right.
Malik, who continues to remain incarcerated, in a statement issued today said that spree of arrests and other anti-democratic measures taken by authorities is a glaring example of these elections being bogus and absurd.
Meanwhile, a JKLF spokesman said that on JRL program various JKLF leaders and activists visited many areas and urged people to stay away from so-called elections. JKLF leaders and activists also staged a peaceful demonstration against polls at Lal Chowk Srinagar.
