In a veiled dig at People’s Democratic Party and National Conference, Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Saturday said that high voter turnout in Jammu Kashmir is pointing towards a decline in the dynastic politics in the Union Territory.

Jitendra Singh credited the Centre’s initiatives for creating an atmosphere that has resulted in increased voter turnout in the Union Territory.

“Credit goes to the Centre for having created a value that has enabled such a huge voter turnout which was mostly unimaginable till a few years ago as far as officially released. Even in the Anantnag-Rajouri seat, even by midday, the polling was almost as much or higher than the national average. And this is also I think, of indication of the fact that the election so far in the Kashmir Valley, particularly the last two-three decades are happening happening in a very limited atmosphere,” Jitendra Singh told

Jitendra Singh further said that the limited voter turnout in the previous elections in the Valley favoured “dynastic political parties” here.
“Election after election through a limited voter turnout, it did not predict the representative character of the member who was elected.