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| EC meets CS of six states before JK polls | | | AGENCIES
NEW DELHI, Oct 17:Ending the suspense, the Election Commission may shortly announce its decision to hold Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir.
The EC is understood to have come to this view after discussing with Chief Secretaries of six states to know if they could spare 4,000 to 5,000 Urdu speaking employees for poll duties in the troubled state.
The Commission consulted Chief Secretaries of Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Bihar, Punjab, Haryana and Himachal Pradesh to know to what extent these states can spare Urdu-speaking government employees for the polls.
Top EC sources said the response of the Chief Secretaries was "quite positive and one could expect things to go in the right direction."
The EC, which announced the poll schedule for five states on Tuesday, could not take a decision on J&K as it was divided over holding elections in the state.
Chief Election Commissioner N Gopalaswami had given a broad hint on Thursday that the Commission would "very quickly" take a decision.
There were differences of opinion among the three-member Commission with two Commissioners favouring immediate polls and the CEC having some reservations.
The availability of security forces is not a problem as the Centre has expressed its readiness in this regard, the sources said, adding once the availability of Urdu-speaking polling staff is known, the EC will finalise the schedule. |
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