Chief Election Commissioner OP Rawat on Friday suggested the Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir may be held within six months.
Talking to wire agency on the development in Jammu and Kashmir, the CEC cited a Supreme Court ruling, which called for elections to be held within six months if Assembly is dissolved.
“The Supreme Court has ruled that whenever such dissolution takes place, commission should hold elections on first occasion and in no case later than six months,” said Rawat, adding that six months is “good enough” for making preparations to hold the Assembly elections in a satisfactory manner.
He said, “For commission, six months is good enough for getting preparedness at satisfactory level. Law and order situation in Jammu and Kashmir will also be kept in mind.”
The Chief Election Commissioner further said that the polling body was informed about the dissolution of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly by Governor Satya Pal Malik on November 21.
“Now commission will have to gather all other facts relating to the state. Next week we’ll deliberate upon as to how should we go about planning for elections to that house,” said Rawat.