The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference on Wednesday said that a further delay in holding assembly elections in the erstwhile state is unfortunate and puts a “big question mark” on the role of Election Commission of India.

Reacting to the Chief Election Commissioner's acknowledgement of a vacuum in J&K that needs to be filled, JKNC State Spokesperson Imran Nabi Dar said, “We have a person no less than Chief Election Commissioner himself acknowledging the 'current vacuum' in J&K. Still the concerned agency seems to be in no hurry to conduct elections, on the contrary they manage to find new excuses to delay polls,” he said in a statement released in Srinagar.