<p>Congress women&rsquo;s wing chief Alka Lamba on Saturday termed the announcement of Assembly polls in <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/jammu-and-kashmir-assembly-elections-in-3-phases-haryana-on-oct-1-23376404" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Jammu and Kashmir </a>as a victory of democracy.</p>
<p>Lamba, the president of the All India Mahila <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/key-parliamentary-panels-constituted-congresss-k-c-venugopal-to-head-pac-23376512" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Congress</a>, said party chief Mallikarjun Kharge and senior leaders Rahul Gandhi and Priyanka Gandhi Vadra will begin campaigning in Jammu and Kashmir in September.</p>
<p>The Election Commission on Friday announced the assembly polls in <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/photo/in-photos-assembly-elections-announced-for-jammu-and-kashmir-and-haryana-101814/6" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Jammu </a>and Kashmir in three phases on September 18, 25 and October 1 and the votes will be counted on October 4.</p>
<p>&ldquo;It is a victory of democracy. It is a victory for the people of Jammu and <a href="https://www.mid-day.com/news/india-news/article/one-killed-three-injured-in-jammu-and-kashmir-cloudburst-23375824" target="_blank" rel="none noopener">Kashmir</a>. After a long wait, democracy is being restored here,&rdquo; Lamba told the press.&nbsp;</p>
<p>She said the people of Jammu and Kashmir will get to choose their own representatives to form the government, and expressed hope that her party will get the majority.</p>
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