Team News Riveting
Jammu, September 25
The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) today hinted that the state assembly election in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir would be held only after delimitation that the opposition parties have been protesting.
The Gupkar alliance, an amalgam of five political parties headed by National Conference’s Farooq Abdullah, has been critical of the Centre’s move of August 5, 2019, and has demanded the pre-August 5 position to hold the elections.
Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Ravinder Raina on Saturday said the assembly elections in the union territory was likely to be held early next year after the completion of the delimitation exercise. He said the delimitation exercise was in progress and was expected to be completed by the year-end.
“On August 15, Prime Minister Narendra Modi from the ramparts of the Red Fort announced that the delimitation exercise will be followed by the assembly elections in J-K. The delimitation is likely to be completed by the year-end and so the elections to the J-K assembly will be held early next year,” he told reporters.
In March 2020, the BJP-led government had constituted a delimitation commission to redraw Lok Sabha and assembly constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir. The commission is yet to submit its report. According to J&K Reorganisation Act, the U.T. will add seven more constituencies to its 83-member Assembly ahead of elections.
However, the BJP leader said his party is fully prepared for the elections and would win the elections with 50-plus seats to form the next government in Jammu and Kashmir.
