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| ECI may fix schedule for Assembly poll in J&K shortly | | | Three mainstream political par
ties, the PDP, the Congress and the National Conference, have berated the Election Commission of India for not holding Assembly elections along with the Lok Sabha poll. The PDP and Congress have criticized the Election Commission of India (ECI) observers' team for not adhering to their request of holding simultaneous Legislative Assembly (LA) and parliament polls in Jammu Kashmir and urged them to announce the dates of LA polls at the earliest. National Conference (NC) on the other hand decided not to meet the ECI team, terming it a "fruitless exercise".
In fact the NC finds itself riding a winning horse and hence it wants to regain power as soon as possible. The PDP and the Congress may not been the touch- me- not position. Senior PDP leader Muhammad Ashraf Mir, who was leading the PDP delegation, said they criticised the ECI team for ignoring the voices of the people and taking side with an "autocratic" administration. The state administration and the Election Commission of India had delinked Assembly poll from the Lok Sabha elections on the plea that since the security scenario was delicate two elections are not possible.
The PDP leadership has informed the the ECI team that their action of not holding simultaneous polls has saddened Kashmiris,.
The PDP and the Congress leaders have also asked the ECI to explain the reason for singling out Jammu Kashmir from the other states where simultaneous parliamentary and assembly polls were announced. The leaders, in their meeting with ECI team, requested them to at least announce the dates of the assembly polls so that uncertainty among people ends. "There are apprehensions that the Governor, along with his advisors, are in no mood to give up their power. On March 10, during their meeting with the ECI, the mainstream political parties had pitched for simultaneous parliamentary and assembly polls to have an elected government in the State. However, without paying any heed to the demand of the regional political parties, ECI cited "security concerns" and announced the dates of only Lok Sabha polls for the State. Amid growing criticism of the ECI's decision to withhold assembly polls, three special observers appointed by the poll-body arrived in Srinagar to assess the ground situation for holding the assembly elections in the State. |
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