‘Day not far when J&K will see Assembly polls held, statehood restored,' says Modi at Udhampur rally

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New Delhi:At a rally in Jammu and Kashmirs Udhampur Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the day was not far when assembly elections would be held in the Union territory and its statehood would be restored...

The Election Commission had last month said that the Assembly elections would be held right after the Lok Sabha polls, after the Supreme Court gave the poll body a deadline of 30 September, 2024...

After decades, elections are happening in Jammu and Kashmir without fear of terrorism and threat of cross-border firing, Modi told Udhampur crowd, challenging the Opposition, especially the Congress, to bring back Article 370 which gave special status to the former state...

Here the political party is of the family, by the family and for the family, he said.. NC leader Omar Abdullah scoffed at Modi for taking credit for bringing back elections to the former state, adding..

They could not even explain that decision properly to the Supreme Court, he said.. Jammu and Kashmirs five seats Udhampur, Jammu, Anantnag-Rajouri, Srinagar and Baramulla will go to polls from 19 April to 20 May..

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