Centre to take decision about holding elections in J&K after seeking opinion in all-party meeting
The Centre will take a final call on elections in Jammu and Kashmir after the Delimitation Commission submits its final report by April-end. The decision will be taken after the Centre reviews all aspects, including security, sources said.
“The report will be submitted to Ministry of Law and Justice as they had notified the Commission. And after which a summary revision of Electoral Rolls will be taken up by the Election Commission,” said a senior government official.
According to him, after the next three four months, draft rolls will be published and verification done door to door. “After all this process, it seems the government might call an all-party meeting and take their opinion,” he added.
Last month’s proposals of the Delimitation Commission had sparked resentment even in the Jammu region. The entire unit of the BJP in the Suchetgarh Assembly segment had resigned after the Commission proposed the merger of the assembly with the RS Pura constituency, forcing the Commission to backtrack on its proposal.
“It is a reserved constituency, so there is a lot of angst among the people,” said a senior official.