The Speaker Abdul Rahim Rather ordered the marshals to evict them from the Assembly after they also clashed with PDP members who were displaying copies of their resolution seeking restoration of Articles 370 and 35A.
Gandhi was addressing election rallies at Dooru in south Kashmir and Sangaldan in the Banihal constituency of Jammu.
The JeI contested the assembly elections till 1987 but later boycotted the polls from 1993 as they were part of the pro-Pakistan Hurriyat Conference that advocated poll boycott.
Kumar, who was addressing a press conference here after the conclusion of the two days visit of the EC to J&K during which it reviewed the preparedness to hold the elections, said “We will not allow any internal or external forces derail the electoral process.”
Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar on Monday said the Election Commission would very soon start the process of Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir.
Omar, who was talking to media persons in Srinagar after the NC-Congress alliance swept Kargil LAHDC polls, said that neither the Union Government nor the BJP is ready to hold elections in J&K.
