J-K BJP constitutes election committee ahead of assembly polls

Srinagar (Jammu and Kashmir) [India], August 16 (ANI): Jammu and Kashmir Bharatiya Janata Party, in consultation with party chief JP Nadda, Union Minister and J-K Election Incharge G Kishan Reddy and Tarun Chugh, National General Secretary and J-K Prabhari, has constituted an election committee for the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir for the upcoming assembly elections.
This Election Committee consists of Ravinder Raina BJP State President, Dr. Jitendra Singh MP Lok Sabha, Jugal Kishore Sharma MP Lok Sabha, Ghulam Ali Khatana MP Rajya Sabha, Ashok Koul, General Secretary (organization), Dr. Nirmal Singh, former Deputy Chief Minister, Kavinder Gupta, former Deputy Chief Minister, Sunil Sharma, General Secretary, Adv. Vibodh Gupta, General Secretary, Dr Devinder Kumar Manyal, General Secretary, Dr. Darakshan Andrabi, Devinder Singh Rana, former MLA, Ajay Bharti, former MLC and Sanjita Dogra, President Mahila Morcha.
This committee has Union Minister G. Kishan Reddy, Tarun Chugh National General Secretary; Prabhari J-K, Ashish Sood, Seh-Prabhari J-K; and Dr. Narinder Singh, National Secretary, as special invitees.
The Assembly elections in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir will be held in three phases from September 18, the Chief Election Commissioner, Rajiv Kumar announced on Friday.
Addressing a press conference in the national capital, Rajiv Kumar said that the assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir will be held in three phases.
"Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir will be held in three phases, with voting on September 18th, September 25th, and October 1st. Counting of votes on October 4," Kumar said.
The dates to file the nominations for the first phase will be on August 27, nominations for the second phase will be on September 5, and September 12 is the last day to file nominations for the third phase.
There are a total of 90 assembly constituencies, of which 74 are General, nine are ST and seven are SC.
In Jammu and Kashmir, there are 87.09 lakh total electors. Of which 44.46 lakh are male, 42.62 female, 169 are Transgender, 82,590 PwDs, 73943 very senior citizens, 2660 centenarians, 76092 service electors, and 3.71 lakh are first-time voters.
In December of last year, the Supreme Court directed the Centre to conclude the election process by September 30, 2024.
Jammu and Kashmir will witness elections after a gap of ten years as the last assembly election was held in 2014. The PDP-BJP coalition government fell in June 2018 when the latter withdrew support to the then-Chief Minister, Mehbooba Mufti. (ANI)