Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 18: National Panthers Party (NPP), chairman, Harshdev Singh, has urged upon the Election Commission of India to hold simultaneous polls for Parliament and Assembly in the State.
He said that elections for both Parliament and Assembly are due in the current year and holding them separately would put a huge financial burden on the public exchequer.
A State like J&K, which was dependent for all its developmental needs on Centre and could not bear even the salary bills of its employees, would suffer immensely on the developmental front in the event of separate polls, he added.
The NPP leader alleged that the developmental initiative would be adversely affected in case of separate polls as most of the year would be consumed by model code of conduct.
Singh further said that it was highly unjust and preposterous to have a six year term for Assembly when all other democratic institutions in the State had a five year term.
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