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Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday urged the people of Kashmir to "vote BJP or any other party but end the monopoly of three dynastic parties including Congress, National Conference and People’s Democratic Party (PDP)" in the upcoming Lok Sabha elections.

He said these parties are "not allowing democracy to flourish in Jammu and Kashmir," saying the Panchayat elections were held for the first time in seven decades by the BJP Government.

Shah in response to a question on Parliamentary polls in Jammu and Kashmir, said: "For the last 75 years of independence, the people of Kashmir were deprived of democracy, Constitutional rights and benefits of Central Schemes by three dynastic political parties."

He added, "To strengthen democracy, the people of Kashmir should vote BJP or any other party but teach the three political parties (Congress, NC and PDP) a lesson."

When asked about democratic reforms he said "We held Panchayat polls for the first time in Jammu and Kashmir since independence and gave 30,000 public representatives. We gave Councils at Tehsil and Zila levels.”

Similarly, about the dates for the Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, Shah said as per the Supreme Court order, the electoral exercise should be conducted by September.

On the possibility of an alliance with the Shiromani Akali Dal in Punjab, he said it will be clear in next two to three days. “Negotiations are on. We want all NDA parties to come together.”

On Bihar, Shah said that this is for the first time, the BJP is going to fight the Lok Sabha polls as the “big brother” with more seats than its allies.

Making it clear that the BJP will get more than 25 seats out of the total 42 in West Bengal, Shah said the party will also get more number of seats in Southern States, Punjab and other areas.

He also said the Uniform Civil Code (UCC) remains an agenda of the BJP as it believes that a secular country should have one law for all people.

 “The UCC is our issue since 1950. Our party has agitated for this. We cannot move away from this. We believe that in a secular country, there should be just one law for all. UCC is BJP’s promise to the people of the country,” he said.