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Elections In Jammu And Kashmir To Be Held Only After Delimitation: BJP Working President JP Nadda
BJP working president JP Nadda (Representative Image) (Shyam Sharma/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)
The elections in the newly formed union territory (UT) Jammu and Kashmir will only be conducted after the delimitation of seats, suggests Bharatiya Janata Party’s (BJP) working president JP Nadda.
As per a report in Hindustan Times, he said, “Jammu and Kashmir has been given the status of a Union Territory but it will also have a legislature. Elections will be held. But before that there will be delimitation of constituencies.’’
Nadda also said seats will also be reserved for Scheduled Tribes such as Gujjars and Bakarwals which as often considered among the oppressed communities in the region.
Currently, there are 107 assembly seats in the erstwhile state which are now expected to increase to 114 in J&K that will have a legislature.
He also called Article 370 a mistake committed by the first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru.
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