Meeting elections can be held in Jammu and Kashmir and the statehood of the Union territory can be restored quickly, Prime Minister Narendra Modi mentioned on Friday, ANI reported.
“The time just isn’t far when Meeting elections can be held in Jammu and Kashmir,” Modi mentioned whereas addressing a rally in Udhampur within the Jammu area. “Jammu and Kashmir will get the standing of statehood. It is possible for you to to share your desires along with your MLA and your ministers.”
Modi was campaigning for Bharatiya Janata Celebration’s Lok Sabha candidate Jitendra Singh.
In August 2019, the BJP-led Union authorities had abrogated Article 370 of the Structure and the bifurcation of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union territories.
In December, the Supreme Courtroom in its verdict on petitions difficult the Centre’s choice had directed the federal government to revive Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood “on the earliest and as quickly as potential”.
The court docket had set September 2024 because the deadline for the Election Fee to conduct elections for the Legislative Meeting that’s to be restored in Jammu and Kashmir. Nonetheless, the ballot panel didn’t announce any timing for the Meeting polls final month when it introduced the schedule for the Lok Sabha polls.
The Election Fee had introduced Meeting polls for Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim that can be held concurrently with the overall elections.
Opposition’s response
On Friday, former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah mentioned that Modi won’t be doing any favour to the area by restoring its statehood since he’s certain by the highest court docket’s order.
“It will have been a favour for us if he [Modi] had performed elections earlier than the decision of the Supreme Courtroom,” the Nationwide Convention chief mentioned. “It’s now a compulsion for him. It’s the Supreme Courtroom’s verdict to conduct elections in Jammu and Kashmir earlier than September 30.”
The Opposition chief mentioned that to date the BJP authorities has failed to elucidate why it took away Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood.
#WATCH | Former J&Ok CM and NC chief Omar Abdullah says ”It’s the verdict of the Supreme Courtroom. It will have been a favour for us if he (PM Modi) had performed elections earlier than the decision of SC. It’s now a compulsion for him. It’s the Supreme Courtroom’s verdict to conduct… https://t.co/iaKv51Gr3W pic.twitter.com/NzwUCozIu1
— ANI (@ANI) April 12, 2024
The Nationwide Convention and the Congress are contesting the Lok Sabha polls in Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh collectively as a part of the Opposition INDIA bloc.
The Nationwide Convention will contest all three Lok Sabha constituencies within the Kashmir area: Anantnag-Rajouri, Srinagar and Baramulla. The Congress will discipline its candidates from the 2 seats within the Jammu area – Udhampur and Jammu – in addition to the lone seat in Ladakh.
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