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DDC Polls

DDC elections show the strength of our democracy: PM Modi

| @indiablooms | Dec 28, 2020, at 05:10 am

New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has appreciated the recently conducted  District Development Council polls in Jammu and Kashmir and said it wrote a new chapter in the region.

The Prime Minister congratulated the people of Jammu and Kashmir for strengthening democracy.

He said the election of the District Development Council has written a new chapter.

He complimented the people for reaching the voting booth despite  the cold and corona.

Modi said that on the face of every voter in Jammu and Kashmir, there was an expectation for development.

He said that he saw the belief of a better future in the eyes of every voter in Jammu and Kashmir.

These elections in Jammu and Kashmir also showed the strength of democracy in our country.

One the other hand, the Prime Minister pointed out that despite the Supreme Court's order in Puducherry, panchayat and municipal elections are not happening.

This despite the fact that the tenure of those elected has ended in the year 2011.

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