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| ULB polls: Infighting among warring Congress factions deepens | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Aug 2: As the Union Territory administration has initiated the process to conduct the maiden Urban Local Body (ULB) elections, infighting in the J&K unit of Congress has intensified as two warring factions of the party have started projecting names of their loyalists.
Although the schedule for the ULB elections will be announced after completion of the revision and upgradation of the electoral rolls, Congress leaders have asked their loyalists to start work in their respective wards. Sources in Congress said that instead of preparing panels of potential candidates for the ULB elections both factions in the Congress have given the green signal to their supporters to start groundwork.
It is an open secret that the J&K unit of Congress is virtually divided into two groups. Both groups have started exercises to get maximum seats for their supporters and loyalists in coming ULB polls.
Notably, the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of Jammu and Kashmir ordered a special revision of electoral rolls for Srinagar and Jammu municipal corporations.
After State Election Commissioner of J&K B R Sharma announced to start of preparations for the Panchayat elections, CEO's step is a clear indication that the UT administration is going to conduct ULB and Panchayat elections after the conclusion of the ongoing Amarnath Yatra. A public notice has been issued regarding forthcoming ULB elections in Jammu and Kashmir. The last general elections to the Municipal Corporations were held in September-October 2018 and the term of these bodies shall expire in November 2023.
It has been decided to revise/update the Municipal Electoral Rolls for the following Municipal Corporations with reference to 01-07-2023 as the qualifying date.
As per the public notice, the date for publication of the Draft Electoral Rolls has been set as 1st August 2023. The period for filing of claims and objections has been set from 1st August 2023 to 11th August 2023. A special camp at the polling station shall be held from 6th August 2023 to 10th August 2023.
Disposal of claims and objections shall be held by 16th August 2023. Updation of electoral rolls shall be held on 21st August 2023. The final publication of electoral rolls shall be done on 25th August 2023. Further, Deputy Commissioner Jammu/Srinagar has been asked to ensure wide publicity of the revision exercises.
The coming ULB elections will be the first electoral test for the party in Jammu and Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370 and the bifurcation of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir into the Union Territories (UTs). The urban local bodies elections were held in four phases from October 8-16 in 2018 after a gap of 13 years. |
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