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Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar said on Saturday that the assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir will be held after the Lok Sabha Elections 2024..
Speaking at a press conference, Kumar said political parties in Jammu and Kashmir were in favour of holding assembly elections in Union Territory along with parliamentary or Lok Sabha polls..
The Chief Election Commissioner cited the "administrative machinery" as telling him that if assembly polls are held along with the Lok Sabha Elections, then each assembly segment would have around 10-12 candidates..
Kumar argued that since there will be security demand in the entire country during voting for the Lok Sabha polls, it was appearing to be difficult to provide security for a particular state (Jammu and Kashmir for assembly elections) at the same time"..
"But we stand committed that once these Lok Sabha Elections 2024 are over, we will have forces available with us and then we will immediately hold elections there (Jammu and Kashmir)," Kumar said..
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