NEW DELHI, Nov 22:
The Election Commission today said fresh elections in Jammu and Kashmir would be held within the next six months even as it did not rule out the possibility of holding polls there before the Lok Sabha polls due next year.
“The Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls must be held on the first occasion before May … It could be held before Parliament elections also,” Chief Election Commissioner O P Rawat said.
He said as per the Supreme Court, the outer limit for holding fresh polls after dissolution of a house is six months, that is May, 2019.
At the same time, he made it clear that the Commission will decide on poll dates after “considering all aspects.”
He said, SC verdict, an outcome of Presidential reference, also said polls will have to be held on the first occasion which means even before six months.
He said the same principle was applied in Telangana where the Assembly was dissolved prematurely. (PTI)
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