Geelani had appealed to people of Kashmir to boycott the 2014 Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly elections completely, not accepting the proposals for self-rule or autonomy that had been offered by the People's Democratic Party and the then ruling National Conference.[19][20] But despite of repeated boycott appeals, 2014 assembly election recorded record voter's turnout of more than 65% which was highest in 25 years of history .[21][22][23] After record voting percentage in Kashmir, Geelani, along with other separatists, were criticised by "biased"[24] Indian media for misleading people of Kashmir and for not representing true sentiments of Kashmiri people.[25][26][27]