After a spot of 5 years, Kashmir is witnessing political exercise, with the Election Commission conducting conferences and consultations with political events within the Kashmir Valley to debate the preparedness for the Parliamentary elections within the Union Territory. Leaders from political events such because the National Conference, People’s Democratic Party, and Bharatiya Janata Party met with the Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar. Most of the political events demanded that the Parliamentary and Assembly Elections within the valley ought to be held concurrently.
The National Conference leaders, who met with the CEC, acknowledged that they demanded each elections ought to be held collectively, citing issues that holding two elections in a 12 months within the UT would result in large losses for the tourism business.
“We met the Election Commission today in Srinagar and demanded that both the Parliamentary and Assembly elections should take place together. It’s been ten years since the people of Jammu Kashmir have not had a chance to elect their governments. We also raised concerns about how tourism is flourishing in the valley now and how holding two elections in a year can affect tourism. The PM also keeps saying one nation, one election, so why not start it with Jammu and Kashmir? We are hopeful that they will listen to our demands,” stated Nasir Aslam Wani, a National Conference Leader.
Meanwhile, the BJP chief’s delegation that met with the CEC confused the easing of voting for the folks, particularly for the Kashmiri Pandit Community. The BJP leaders additionally supported the thought of holding each elections collectively within the Union Territory.
“We were a delegation of four, and we spoke about easing voting for the people of Jammu and Kashmir, and how to achieve maximum voting percentage in the Valley. We also discussed Kashmiri Pandit Votes and how to simplify it for them as well. We want polling booths to be set up in Jammu and Delhi from where they can cast their votes. BJP believes elections are important, and we want the assembly elections to be held soon. If they decide to hold both elections together, we are ready for it,” stated Advocate R S Pathania, a BJP Leader.
The People’s Democratic Party stated that if the middle claims the safety scenario within the valley has improved, then nothing ought to cease them from holding each elections collectively within the Valley.
“We raised all our points and concerns with the Election Commission. We raised the point that if the security situation in the valley is alright, what’s stopping them from holding parliamentary and assembly elections together in the Valley? We are hopeful that they will decide to hold them together,” stated G N Hanjura, a PDP Leader.
The CEC additionally met with the Jammu and Kashmir Chief Electoral Officer and officers’ administration, apart from having consultations with Jammu and Kashmir Police officers of all areas and different safety companies working in Kashmir to get a firsthand account of the scenario in Kashmir. The CEC will likely be interacting with political events in Jammu on Wednesday.
