 Early Times Report
Jammu, May 8: Former Chief Minister and president of the National Conference Dr. Farooq Abdullah is optimistic that the maiden assembly elections in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir will be held after completion of this year’s Amarnath Yatra.
Interacting with media persons during the election campaign, the veteran politician predicted that assembly elections would be held just after the completion of the Amarnath Yatra.
“I am 100 percent sure that the much awaited assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir would be held after the Yatra”, he said and mentioned that the Supreme Court has asked the government to conduct assembly elections in J&K before September 30.
This year’s annual Amarnath Yatra will begin from June 29.
The Amarnathji Shrine Board in a statement issued on April 14 said, “Shri Amarnathji Yatra 2024 will begin from 29th June 2024 and conclude on 19th August 2024”.
The advance r I am 100 percent sure that the much awaited assembly elections in J&K would be held after the Yatra.
The Supreme Court has asked the government to conduct assembly elections in J&K before September 30.
This year’s annual Amarnath Yatra will begin from June 29 and conclude on August 19.
J&K has been without an elected government since June 2018.
Jammu and Kashmir has been without an elected government since June 2018 when BJP dumped the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) followed by the resignation of the then Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti.
Five months later, on November 28, 2018, then Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satya Pal Malik dissolved the legislative assembly minutes after Mehbooba Mufti-led PDP staked a claim to form the government with the support of Congress and the National Conference.
A month later on December 19, 2018, then President Ram Nath Kovind issued a proclamation promulgating President's Rule in J&K under article 356 of the Constitution of India.
Eight months later on August 5, 2019, the BJP government abrogated Article 370 and bifurcated Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories, Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh. | 