Elections to be held in J-K after voters' list compilation, says Amit Shah

In a major announcement Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday said that the elections will be held in Jammu and Kashmir will full transparency as soon as the work of compiling the voters list is completedShah said that manner in which delimitation has been done in the region representatives of the peoples choice will be electedAs soon as the work of compiling the voters list is completed elections will be held in JampK with full transparency Earlier the delimitation was done in such a way that only the representatives from the three families would be elected no matter what you doThe delimitation that Election Commission has done your own representatives will win the elections and rule Shah said while addressing a rally in Baramulla on the last day of his threeday visit to JKAlso read Quota benefits to Gujjars Bakerwals Paharis in JK says Amit ShahAssembly polls to elect the government in the Union Territory are due since the abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A on August 5 2019 The Centre while abrogating the special status of the region had said that the status of state will be given to Jammu and Kashmir at the appropriate time and the elections will be held after delimitationThe orders of the Delimitation Commission were effective from May 20 with the Centre choosing the day for the move using powers of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act 2019As per the final Delimitation Order out of the 90 Assembly Constituencies ACs in Jammu and Kashmir 43 will be part of the Jammu region and 47 for the Kashmir region keeping in view the provisions of Section 91a of the Delimitation Act 2002 and Section 602b of Jammu amp Kashmir Reorganization Act 2019The Delimitation Commission was entrusted with the work of delimiting the Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies in the UT of Jammu and Kashmir on the basis of the 2011 Census and in accordance with the provisions of PartV of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act 2019 34 of 2019 and the provisions of Delimitation Act 200233 of 2002Earlier today Shah chaired a security review meeting with senior officials in SrinagarJK Lt Governor Manoj Sinha and other senior officials were present at the meeting including JK Director General of Police Dilbag Singh top officials of the Army paramilitary forces state police and civil administrationBefore concluding his visit to the Union Territory Shah will also launch and lay foundation stones for various development projects in Srinagar around 330 pmEarlier on Tuesday the home minister visited the Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Shrine in Katra where he offered prayersNotably this was Shahs first visit to the holy shrine after being appointed the Home Minister of the Modi government 20 His visit during which he was accompanied by Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha and Union Minister Jitendra Singh coincided with the ninth day of the ongoing Navratri festivalThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever