My party will select candidates for upcoming Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir: Farooq Abdullah
As per report National Conference president farooq abdullah on monday said his party is setting up an election board to select candidates for the upcoming lok sabha and assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir. Addressing a public meeting on the outskirts of Jammu, Abdullah asserted that the people of the union territory will be taken into confidence before finalising the names. While the general elections are scheduled for April-May, the supreme court in december last year unanimously upheld the Centre’s decision to abrogate provisions of article 370 bestowing special status to the erstwhile state of kashmir - SRINAGAR/JAMMU' target='_blank' title='jammu and kashmir-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW">jammu and kashmir, and directed that elections to the assembly be held by september 30, 2024.“We have decided to set up an election board because the lok sabha and assembly elections are around the corner to decide the candidates but not without taking you into confidence,” the NC chief told the gathering at Baran village in Bhalwal block. “You have to decide who is going to serve you and address your issues and we need your support,” Abdullah added. He said his party has made constituency incharges across kashmir and the same will be done in Jammu by january 20 so that the people can contact and raise their issues with them.The NC leader also criticized the kashmir - SRINAGAR/JAMMU' target='_blank' title='jammu and kashmir-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW">jammu and kashmir administration over supplying electricity to rajasthan from the Rattle Power Project for 40 years and said the decision is not in the favour of the people who are facing an acute shortage of electricity. They have promised the people to provide 24×7 electricity but where is the power? Our cities and villages are reeling under darkness but they are selling electricity to rajasthan, he said.