J&K Elections Will Take Place This Year But Statehood Unlikely Soon Amid Terror Spurt

The government, it is learnt, has decided that key powers will rest with the Lieutenant Governor until statehood is granted formally to Jammu and Kashmir.

A village defence team keeps vigil in a forest area in Doda, Jammu, on July 17, two days after four Army personnel were killed in an encounter nearby.

Source : PTI

New Delhi: Elections in Jammu and Kashmir are likely to be held this year despite the spurt in terrorism, but the Modi government will hold off on restoring statehood until the security situation improves, highly placed sources have told ABP Live. The Election Commission was last year given a deadline by the Supreme Court to hold assembly elections in J&K – last held in end-2014 – by September 2024. Cross-border terrorism and militancy have shot up in the Jammu region in the