Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections likely by 2019 end, says Election Commission

The Election Commission on Tuesday, no. ECI/PN/63/2019,said  it may hold Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections later this year. The election body said that it will announce the date for the J&K polls after the conclusion of Amarnath Yatra.

“Election Commission, under Article 324 of the Constitution and other extant laws/rules etc have unanimously decided that holding of Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir shall be considered later in this year,” an official statement from the Election Commission said.

The 46-day-long Amarnath yatra will begin on July 1, the day of Masik Shivratri, and would conclude on August 15, the day of Shravan Purnima.

“The Commission will keep on regularly and on real-time basis monitor the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, taking inputs from all necessary quarters and after the conclusion of Amarnath Yatra will announce the election schedule for the conduct of assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir,” the statement said.