In occupied Kashmir, the Joint Resistance Leadership has said that the so-called elections held by India in the territory cannot be a substitute to the Kashmiris’ right to self-determination.

According to Kashmir Media Service, the resistance leaders comprising Syed Ali Gilani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik in a statement in Srinagar termed the election drama enacted by India as a political gimmick to hoodwink the international community.

They reiterated their appeal to the Kashmiri people to completely boycott the upcoming municipal and local bodies elections in the territory.