EC says J&K polls ‘right after’ LS — UT admin 'unanimously' against simultaneous elections

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New Delhi: Assembly elections in Jammu & Kashmir will be held right after the Lok Sabha polls, the Election Commission of India (ECI) said Saturday..

The general elections will be held in seven phases from April 19 to June 1 and results will be declared on 4 June...

We are committed to holding Jammu & Kashmir assembly elections right after Lok Sabha polls as soon as possible, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar said Saturday while announcing the Lok Sabha poll dates...

Former J&K chief minister Omar Abdullah had in an interview to ThePrint this week said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi must push for simultaneous polls and include J&K in the one nation, one election umbrella...

This is a brilliant opportunity to bring in J&K into the one nation one election umbrella by having elections for assembly and Parliament simultaneously, Abdullah had said...

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