Parliamentary proceedings | Opposition members seek timeline for holding Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir
The Hindu
Opposition members in the Lok Sabha urged the government to hold Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir at the earliest
Opposition members in the Lok Sabha on February 6 urged the government to hold Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir at the earliest.
Participating in a debate on The Jammu and Kashmir Local Bodies Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2024, Hasnain Masoodi (NC) demanded that the polls in the union territory be held soon.
He said the central government should have decided on the polls before the Supreme Court had to intervene in the matter.
The top court had a few months back asked the Election Commission to hold assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir by September this year.
Mr. Masoodi said Prime Minister Narendra Modi had on Monday said his government will take big decisions. Polls in the union territory should be held before other big ticket decisions are taken, Mr. Masoodi said.
Minister of State for Home Ajay Misra intervened to point out that local bodies' elections were held in the erstwhile state.
Participating in the debate, TMC leader Saugata Roy also referred to the Supreme Court observation and pitched for early assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir On August 5, 2019, Jammu and Kashmir was made a union territory with a provision for a legislative assembly through abrogation of Article 370.
The Election Commission of India will hold a press conference on June 3, a day before the counting of votes polled in the Lok Sabha polls. Till the 2019 parliamentary polls, deputy election commissioners used to hold media briefings after each phase of polls, but the practice has been done away with.