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| Due to security concerns, no assembly elections in J&K with Lok Sabha polls: EC | | |
Early Times Report
New Delhi, Mar 10: The Election Commission of India (ECI) Sunday announced that assembly elections will not be held in Jammu & Kashmir with the Lok Sabha elections. Citing security concerns, election commissioner Sunil Arora announced that the election will be held on a later date. The parliamentary polls in J&K will be held in five phases.
"We need a large number of security personnel to be deployed for protection of every candidate. This was a categorical demand from all political parties there. Availability of security forces is a constraint," said Arora when asked why J&K is not having assembly elections along with Lok Sabha polls.
When asked if the Home Ministry did not agree to election commission's demand for security forces for J&K polls, Arora said, " (Availability of ) central forces is definitely an issue. You cannot disregard recent events. EC cannot be non-cognisant of the situation on the ground and the feedback of the state administration.
The state of Jammu and Kashmir has been without an elected government since June last year when BJP pulled out of its alliance with the PDP. |
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