Election Fee Will take Exception To J&K Lieutenant Governor GC Murmu Remarks On Jammu and Kashmir Polls

New Delhi:

Choices on timing of elections can only be manufactured by the Election Commission of India, the fee claimed these days in a hard-hitting statement following media studies quoting Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant-Governor GC Murmu that elections in the union territory can be held right after the ongoing delimitation workout.

“It would be appropriate for authorities other than Election Commission to refrain from making this sort of statements which virtually tantamount to interfering with the Constitutional mandate of the Election Fee,” the fee stated.

Several factors have to be taken into account for keeping the elections, together with “topography, climate, sensitivities arising out of regional and nearby festivities,” the fee explained.

Now, the coronavirus outbreak is also yet another problem, claimed the agency, which very last month announced actions on postal ballots for men and women higher than the age of 65 yrs and withdrew it inside times.

Assembly elections in Bihar and a string of by-elections are anticipated in Madhya Pradesh by the conclusion of this yr.

Jammu and Kashmir has not experienced an elected federal government due to the fact June 2018 when the BJP ended its ruling alliance with Mehbooba Mufti’s People’s Democratic Social gathering.

There was expectation that the state elections will be held alongside with the nationwide elections in April-May possibly, but the Election Commission experienced nixed it, citing the security scenario.

In August previous calendar year, the Centre ended the exclusive position of Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcated it into two Union Territories. Most political leaders were taken into custody at the time. The Centre claimed it was a preventive measure towards backlash.