Sonia hails successful conduct of J-K elections
New Delhi, Dec.28: Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Sunday, Dec 28, expressed happiness over the large turn out of voters in the recently held polls for Jammu and Kashmir State Assembly for which counting of results is being done on Sunday, Dec 28.
Addressing reporters on the sidelines of the Foundation Day of Congress Seva Dal (Congress Volunteers) here, Dr Singh termed the large turnout in the J&K elections as a "vote for democracy".
"Well, I think the large turn out of voters is a vote for democracy, is a vote for national integration, and therefore we are all very happy at the large turnout and who wins and who loses that''s the secondary issue," said Dr.Manmohan Singh.
Without
naming
Pakistan,
Sonia
Gandhi,
on
the
other
hand,
termed
the
larger
turnout
as
lesson
to
Indian
neighbour.
"I
have
been
saying
from
the
very
beginning
that
elections
must
be
held
on
time.
I
am
glad
that
they
happened
on
time,
And
I
have
been
saying
from
the
beginning
that
it
doesn''t
matter
who
wins.
What
matters
is
that
the
people
of
the
valley,
the
people
of
Jammu
and
the
people
of
Jammu
Kashmir
have
expressed
their
full
faith
in
the
democratic
system,
which
is
I
think
is
a
lesson
to
be
learnt
by
our
neighbours," noted
Sonia
Gandhi,
President
of
Congress
Party.
ANI