Likely ECI visit to J-K raises hopes of assembly elections
Srinagar, Apr 6 (PTI) The proposed visit of the Election Commission of India to Jammu and Kashmir likely this month has raised hopes of political parties that assembly polls in the Union territory could be held this year.
The last assembly elections were held in Jammu and Kashmir in 2014, five years before the erstwhile state was reorganised into two Union territories on August 5, 2019.
The Centre then set up a delimitation commission for J&K, which submitted its report in October last year. Recently, Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said that the poll panel was aware that there’s a “vacuum” in the Union territory which needs to be filled. He said the polls will be held keeping in mind various factors, including weather and security concerns.
