EC, MHA to review security to decide if J&K polls can be held

New Delhi: The Election Commission of India (EC) is set to hold a comprehensive security review with the home ministry on March 8-9 to assess whether assembly elections in Jammu & Kashmir (J&K) can be held alongside the Lok Sabha polls. The meeting of the full commission and the secretary, Ministry of Home Affairs, and … Read more

J&K polls: Jammu and Kashmir: Security and other key poll issues to dominate state elections in Sept 2024

The apex court has set a deadline of September 2024 for the Election Commission to hold J&K polls. The big question is: When is the right window? Out of the 12 assembly elections held in J&K, half were held in the September-October or November-December window. In fact, since 1996, all J&K assembly polls have been … Read more