Mirwaiz said that with the assembly elections nearing, despite the ECI guidelines that preventive detention and asking people to report to police stations should be avoided
Paralympic archery champions Sheetal Devi and Rakesh Kumar on Wednesday teamed up to inspire voters nationwide as Election Commission of India’s national icons for persons with disabilities (PwDs).
Udhampur district in Jammu and Kashmir is gearing up for 3rd phase of the elections with more than 4.22 lakh electorates set to exercise their right to franchise on polling day.
It is disconcerting that the Election Commission of India (ECI), the mainstay of free and fair elections, is suffering from a credibility crisis. On the one hand, the public trust in the ECI is dipping.
Polling for the second phase of elections will be held in 26 Assembly constituencies including Kangan, Lal Chowk, Budgam, Reasi, Nowshera, Rajouri, Budhal, Poonch Haveli, and Mendhar in the Union Territory.
In the first phase, polling will be held in 24 Assembly constituencies including Pulwama, Kulgam, Ramban, Doda and Shopian in the Union Territory.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge on Friday welcomed the announcement of Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) by the Election Commission of India (ECI), stating that the people in the region are yearning for change.
The Election Commission of India (ECI) will announce the schedule for assembly elections on Friday at around 3 pm.
The two vacancies were created following the election of Kamakhya Prasad Tasa and Sarbananda Sonowal to the Lok Sabha, necessitating the selection of new representatives for the Rajya Sabha.
Kumar, who was addressing a press conference here after the conclusion of the two days visit of the EC to J&K during which it reviewed the preparedness to hold the elections, said “We will not allow any internal or external forces derail the electoral process.”
