Assembly polls in Jammu & Kashmir will be held soon: BJP leader Tarun Chugh
The Hindu
Asserting that the BJP’s vote share as well as seat count saw an increase in the recently-held Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (Kargil) election, BJP general secretary Tarun Chugh on October 17 said Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir will be held soon as the process of delimitation and preparing the voter list has been completed.
Asserting that the BJP's vote share as well as seat count saw an increase in the recently-held Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council (Kargil) election, BJP general secretary Tarun Chugh on October 17 said Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir will be held soon as the process of delimitation and preparing the voter list has been completed.
He also claimed that the Gupkar alliance that had faced a defeat in the local bodies election will have to suffer a similar outcome in the Assembly polls.
"The election will take place on time. Several decades had gone by without any delimitation. Now, delimitation of the Assembly constituencies has taken place. The voter list has been prepared. It has been sent to the political parties for the submission of their objections. Accordingly, the election will be held soon," Mr. Chugh told reporters in Jammu.
He said as far as the urban local body (ULB) polls are concerned, the local bodies have submitted 700 written complaints citing discrepancies in the ward and gram panchayat listings.
"We have been denied our right to vote. The ward and gram panchayat formula in Kargil is faulty and has been crafted with a certain bias. I request the government to rectify this," the BJP leader said, replying to a question about the Opposition's charge that the government has failed to hold the much-awaited polls in Jammu and Kashmir.
Replying to another question about the Kargil polls, he said the voter turnout in the election saw a five-fold increase compared to the past. "We contested on just 16 seats and received full blessings from the people. The BJP won two seats, as opposed to one in the previous election," he said.
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