J&K Assembly polls: Omar Abdullah says Lok Sabha Elections a 'test case' for 'One Nation, One Election' but....
polls for the 90-member Jammu and Kashmir assembly will be held soon after the Lok Sabha Elections 2024 are over. This announcement came days after a high-level committee's report on 'One Nation One Elections' backed simultaneous Lok Sabha and state assembly polls.
Follow Lok Sabha Election 2024 dates LIVE updates here After the EC's announcement, Abdullah took potshots at the authorities for not holding Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections along with Lok Sabha polls, like it's happening in four states — Arunachal Pradesh, Andhra Pradesh, Odisha and Sikkim. He said this was “the ideal time to roll out the process of 'one nation, one election'.
Speaking at India Today Conclave, he said, “If you can't have the Jammu and Kashmir poll at the same time as the rest of the country now, how you promise it for 2029? This was a test case, and clearly they failed." He said he was a bit "disappointed but not surprised" at the Election Commission's decision not to hold simultaneous polls in J&K. "I am a bit disappointed, but not surprised because all the air that has been created for one nation, one election has failed the test," he said.
"The EC, the Jammu and Kashmir administration and to that extent, the government of India is unable to put its money where its mouth is," Abdullah added. ALSO READ: Lok Sabha elections 2024 dates declared on 544 seats instead of 543: CEC explains extra-seat factor Omar Abdullah also posted on X: “So much for ‘One Nation One Election’.
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