Hours after the announcement of the Assembly Elections in Jammu and Kashmir, the Indian National Congress appointed Tariq Hameed Karra as the President of the Jammu and Kashmir Pradesh Congress Committee on Friday.
Congress MP Renuka Chowdhury on Friday welcomed the announcement of assembly elections in Haryana and the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir and said that Congress will sweep the elections and form a government.
National Conference (NC) president Farooq Abdullah on Friday said that he will contest the upcoming Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections, which are scheduled to take place in three phases from September 18.
Following the announcement of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly election schedule, Jammu and Kashmir opposition leaders of the PDP and National Conference welcomed the Election Commission's decision and hoped that the assembly polls would be conducted in a "free and fair" manner.
The Elections to the 90 assembly constituencies in Haryana will be held in a single phase on October 1 and the counting of votes will take place on October 4, Chief Election Commissioner, Rajiv Kumar announced on Friday.
A day after two army soldiers lost their lives in action in an encounter with terrorists, Union Minister Jitendra Singh said that security forces have changed their strategy and will be able to bring the terror incidents under control.
Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar on Friday said that the Election Commission is "committed" to conducting polls in Jammu and Kashmir at the earliest, adding that the people of J-K will give a befitting response to "disruptive forces."
Ahead of the upcoming assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, the Bharatiya Janata Party constituted a manifesto committee on Sunday and held the committee's first meeting.
On August 10, the Commission will visit Jammu for a review meeting with enforcement agencies. The Commission will hold a press conference in Jammu to brief the media on the review of election preparations.
Tarun Chugh told ANI that by defeating former J-K Chief Ministers Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti (in the Lok Sabha elections), the people have shown their narrative.