According to the latest notification, the new date of publication of the final voter list has been fixed from October 31 to November 25.
According to the latest notification, the new date of publication of the final voter list has been fixed from October 31 to November 25.
With Assembly elections for the first time in the newly-carved Union Territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir unlikely to be held this year, the Election Commission of India (ECI) has decided to publish the final electoral rolls only by the last week. november. Regional parties in J&K have expressed unhappiness over the delay; The last assembly election was held in 2014.
According to a fresh notification, the new date for publication of the final voter list has been fixed from October 31 to November 25, “after due disposal of all claims and objections filed within the stipulated time period”.
Earlier, the ECI had finalized the dates for completion of electoral rolls for Jammu and Kashmir on October 31 this year. The Special Summary Amendment (SSR), as per the new order, will now be published on September 15. The election is scheduled to be postponed after the ECI after the SSR was rescheduled with a new reference to October 1, 2022 as the qualifying date. To provide an opportunity to the youth who have attained the age of 18 years on or before the qualifying date to be a part of the electoral roll in the Union Territory.
start of winter
By the time the electoral rolls are finalised, Jammu and Kashmir will be preparing for a cold winter when most of the remote places in the Valley will be covered with snow and will only open up by February.
Jammu and Kashmir has been under direct central rule since the breakup of the People Democratic Party (PDP) and BJP coalition government in 2018. The upcoming assembly elections will also be the first in India’s youngest union territory, which was created on August 5, 2019, when the Center abolished seven. Decades of special autonomous status in Jammu and Kashmir. Meanwhile, regional parties have reacted sharply to the possible delay in the assembly elections.
“The latest order shows that the Indian government does not want elections in Jammu and Kashmir. It seems they do not want a popular government to return to J&K and the democratic process restored. Abdul Ghani Vakil, general secretary of the Jammu and Kashmir People’s Conference, said, “The people of Jammu and Kashmir are being punished by denying the democratic process.”
“Complete dilution of Article 370, bifurcation and downgrading of the state of Jammu and Kashmir, classification of constituencies through a limited delimitation commission, reducing movement and activities of parties like NC (National Conference) by revoking security and Yet the BJP does not have the courage to face it. Voters of Jammu and Kashmir,” NC Vice President Omar Abdullah said.