J&K assembly Polls To Be Held Before Sept 30…

Union home minister amit shah has said that the Modi government’s kashmir policy has been vindicated by the successful polling in kashmir - SRINAGAR/JAMMU' target='_blank' title='jammu and kashmir-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW">jammu and kashmir, where even separatists have voted “overwhelmingly”, as he assured that the assembly elections in the region will be held before september 30. Once the elections are over, the government will start the process of restoring statehood to the Union Territory, Shah said in an interview to PTI late Saturday. “I have said in parliament that we will give the statehood after the assembly elections,” he said, adding that everything is going according to plan, such as the surveys of the backward classes and delimitation exercise of the assembly and lok sabha constituencies.

“We have completed the delimitation process. Because the reservation can be given only after the delimitation process is completed. Because we have to know about the status of various castes (to give reservation). That has been done. lok sabha election is also over (in Jammu and Kashmir). Next is the assembly election which will also be held. We will complete the process before the supreme court deadline,” he said.

On december 11, 2023, the supreme court had directed the election commission of india to conduct elections in kashmir - SRINAGAR/JAMMU' target='_blank' title='jammu and kashmir-Latest Updates, Photos, Videos are a click away, CLICK NOW">jammu and kashmir by september 30, 2024. Commenting on the relatively high polling percentage in the kashmir valley in the lok sabha elections, Shah said he believed that there has been a big change in attitudes there. “Voting percentage has increased. Some people used to say that people of the valley do not believe in the indian Constitution. But this election was held under the indian Constitution because Kashmir’s Constitution is no longer there. It was scrapped. election was held under indian Constitution. people who sought a separate country, those who want to go with pakistan — even they cast their votes overwhelmingly, both at the organisation level as well as individual people,” he said.

Shah said “it was a very big victory for the democracy and a big success of the narendra modi government’s kashmir policy, which it has been pursuing for the last 10 years.” The three seats in the kashmir valley — srinagar (38.49 per cent), Baramulla (59.1 per cent) and Anantnag-Rajouri (53 per cent) — have recorded the highest voter turnout “in many decades”, the election commission said on saturday When asked why the bjp did not field any candidate in the lok sabha elections in the kashmir valley, he said the party was still working on strengthening its organisation in the valley.