Home minister L.K. Advani todaycategorically ruled out holding of elections in Kashmir under internationalsupervision as sought by Hurriyat Conference.
"There is no question of holding elections inKashmir underinternational surveillance from inside or outside the country. In the past fiveyears, the country had conducted polls in a most democratic and fairmanner", Advani said.
He was responding to a question on Hurriyat conference's willingness tocontest polls under international supervision.
"The way polls have been conducted has been admired the worldover," Advani, on a day's visit to Chennai, said at the airport.
It maybe recalled that Abdul Ghani Lone, a senior executive member of Hurriyat hadrecently stated that "the conglomerate is ready to contest polls underinternational supervision to prove its representative character and to clearmisunderstandings of those doubting its following".
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He was referring to K.C. Pant's recent statement that Hurriyat was not arepresentative body of the people of Kashmir, and had claimed that "Hurriyathas become the symbol of the feelings and sentiments of kashmiris."
Pant needs a lot of time in knowing and understanding the Kashmir issue, hehad said, adding that the government's negotiator would get nothing bycriticising Hurriyat and that "hurriyat is a single political forum whichdoes not accept the accession of Jammu and Kashmir with India.
