ECI Visiting J&K Tomorrow, LS Ballot Date Doubtless by March 15 – Kashmir Reader

New Delhi: The Election Fee of India is more likely to announce the dates for the parliamentary elections round March 14-15, quickly after visiting Jammu and Kashmir.
The Elections Fee shall be in Jammu and Kashmir until Wednesday to evaluate when polls might be held within the Union Territory. “The dates for the Lok Sabha elections are more likely to be revealed instantly after that,” sources had been quoted as saying.
The Supreme Courtroom of India had on December 11, 2023, requested the central authorities to carry meeting elections in Jammu and Kashmir by September 30, 2024 and restore statehood on the earliest.
Officers stated that the Election Fee of India (ECI) officers are more likely to meet varied stakeholders, together with representatives of political events and the civil and the police administration in each divisions in the course of the go to.
Pertinently Chief Secretary Atal Dulloo held a gathering with the civil and the police administration on Saturday to sensitise them concerning the measures to be taken for easy conduct of the Lok Sabha polls within the Union Territory.
The chief secretary asserted that the administration’s goal is to make sure free and truthful elections with large-scale public participation, a spokesperson stated.
Dulloo impressed upon the divisional and the district administration to take all vital measures to make sure that individuals don’t face any hardships in exercising their democratic rights.
The spokesperson stated the chief secretary took up department-wise points and enquired from the officers involved concerning the measures they’d taken in compliance with the ECI instructions.
He requested every of them to make use of the time earlier than the elections effectively to make these tips relevant on the bottom.
Chief Electoral Officer PK Pole knowledgeable the assembly concerning the initiatives to be taken by totally different departments.
He stated electoral literacy campaigns in academic establishments shall be held within the coming days, apart from designating campus ambassadors in schools and universities, the spokesperson stated.
Pole stated every polling station ought to have amenities equivalent to bathrooms, ramps, energy, ingesting water and furnishings in accordance with the ECI’s tips.
The assembly additionally mentioned connectivity points in polling stations and method roads, along with transport and different facilities to be made accessible for transportation of electoral equipment and employees in the course of the elections throughout the Union Territory, the spokesperson stated.

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