BJP National President Nitin Nabin on Tuesday directed party MPs, MLAs and office-bearers in Jammu and Kashmir to intensify grassroots outreach, stressing greater coordination between elected representatives and the organisation while calling for the PM’s “Mann Ki Baat” programme to be held at every booth across the Union Territory.
Compared to the four major states going to polls alongside it, the Union Territory of Puducherry has just about 9.44 lakh voters and a 30-member Assembly.
J&K Pradesh Congress Committee working president Raman Bhalla has said that the absence of responsive and accountable governance in the Union Territory has deepened public alienation and frustration.
On a two-day visit to the Union Territory of Ladakh, Union Home Secretary Govind Mohan chaired a high-level review meeting with the Ladakh Administration, led by Chief Secretary Dr Pawan Kotwal, an official spokesman said on Tuesday.
Union Minister for Finance and Corporate Affairs Nirmala Sitharaman, on Sunday, virtually inaugurated a slew of development projects in Leh, Ladakh, during her ongoing four-day visit to the Union Territory.
The ethnic tensions in Manipur between the Kuki-Zo tribes and the Meitei community have brought the state's governance under intense scrutiny.
As the Omar Abdullah-led coalition government is set to assume power on Wednesday, the issue of the restoration of statehood of Jammu and Kashmir has become a talking point across the Union Territory (UT).
Long queues of men and women were seen at the polling booths across the Union Territory (UT) since early hours when polling started at 7 am.
The campaigning for the first phase of Jammu and Kashmir elections in 24 Assembly constituencies spread across seven districts of the Union Territory came to an end on Monday.
During the meeting, the chief secretary maintained that the objective of the administration is to ensure free and fair elections with large-scale participation of the public.
