New Delhi: The BJP on September 24 said Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir have dealt a severe blow to Pakistan-sponsored terrorist activities and Indian Democracy has emerged "triumphant".

"The conduct of the elections in Jammu and Kashmir has successfully dealt a severe blow to the Pakistan-sponsored terrorist activities in the state as the terrorists have been unable to stall the polls," party spokesman and general secretary Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi told reporters.

"Despite all attempts by Pakistan to spread fear and disrupt the election process, the people of the state have shown their unflinching faith in the Democratic process," he said.

Naqvi said the statement by Hurriyat leaders confirms they were only acting on dictates of Pakistan adding India does not need a certificate from either Islamabad or the amalgam on the credibility of the electoral process in the state.

He said Pakistan had no right to speak of Democracy as that country was making a mockery of it specially President Pervez Musharraf who held a "mock referendum and got himself a majority vote".

Hitting out at Pakistan, he said, "Unless the world community does not completely root out al-Qaida and terrorism from Pakistan, the global war on terrorism can never succeed.

For this it is imperative to dismantle the entire structure of Pakistan's state sponsored terrorism as soon as possible."

PTI