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Kashmir Committee demands postponement of J&K assembly poll

It also demanded that Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah's resignation and imposition of President's rule were essential for holding of free and fair polls.

"If the EC postpones the election, it will meet a major demand of many elements whose participation would be vital for the future of the state," he said emerging from a meeting attended by Times of India executive managing editor Dilip Padgaonkar, former diplomat V K Grover and others.

Padgaonkar said he had been contacted through e-mail by Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman Amanullah Khan, based in Rawalpindi in Pakistan, seeking a meeting with the panel.

The committee would wait for the formal intimation from the JKLF chairman before fixing a place and time for the meeting, Padgaonkar said.

Jethmalani said the committee has also sought a meeting with Deputy Prime Minister Lal Kishenchand Advani.

He wanted the Centre to release at least JKLF leader Yasin Malik who he said was critically ill. "He may die any time. And if he dies, the problem would get aggravated," Jethmalani said.

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