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| Centre keen to hold assembly polls in J&K to counter Pak’s vicious propaganda | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Sept 11: Although the Delimitation Commission has yet not submitted its preliminary report, the central leadership of BJP has reportedly directed the J&K unit to start preparations for the assembly elections.
Wishing anonymity, a senior BJP leader told The Early Times that the Union Government has decided to conduct Assembly elections in J&K as early as possible. “Although there is uncertainty about granting statehood to J&K, the Union Government is ready to hold Assembly elections in the Union Territory to establish a democratically elected government to give a message to the whole world”, he said and added that the second phase of Public Out-reach programme is aimed at strengthening the party’s base in J&K.
“World scenario is changing especially after Taliban has taken over Afghanistan. Union Government is in a hurry to install a the democratically elected government in J&K to counter Pakistan’s vicious propaganda on internal forums”, he said and added that message has already been convened to J&K unit to start preparations for Assembly elections.
Highly placed sources said that Delimitation Commission is likely to submit its report in December so as to start the election process.
As reported earlier to expedite the process of redrawing parliament and assembly constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir, the Delimitation Commission had visited Union Territory from July 6 to July 9 to get first-hand information from the grassroots.
During a three-day-long stay in J&K, members of the panel interacted with all stakeholders including political parties, officers, and public representatives. The decision of the Delimitation Commission to visit J&K was important follow-up development of the all-party meeting convened by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 24 with leaders of different political parties of the UT.
During the all-party meeting held on June 24, Prime Minister had promised to speed up the delimitation process so as to hold assembly elections in J&K.
“Our priority is to strengthen grassroots democracy in J&K. Delimitation has to happen at a quick pace so that polls can happen and J&K gets an elected Government that gives strength to J&K’s development trajectory”, the Prime Minister had stated after the all-party meeting.
The delimitation exercise is likely to be geared up as there are reports that the Centre is keen to hold early assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir. The Delimitation Commission for Jammu and Kashmir, headed by retired Supreme Court Judge Ranjana Prakash Desai was constituted by the Centre on March 6, 2020, to redraw Lok Sabha and assembly constituencies of the Union Territory in accordance with the provisions of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, which bifurcated the erstwhile state into union territories of J&K and Ladakh.
The elections to the Assembly of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir will be held only after the process of delimitation is completed.
Delimitation Commission on June 23 held consultations with all Deputy Commissioners of J&K on restructuring the existing assembly constituencies and carving out seven new seats. In the virtual meeting, inputs were gathered on how to make the assembly seats more geographically compact. |
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