Elections for the panchayats and Urban native our bodies have been final held in November and December 2018.

Srinagar:

The curtain falls on the final vestige of elected representatives in Jammu and Kashmir because the time period of over 28,000 panchayat members ended as we speak with no contemporary elections in sight.

In the absence of an elected authorities within the erstwhile state for greater than 5 years, Panchayats-elected native our bodies have been the one democratic establishments purposeful within the area.

The administration of the Union Territory is prone to appoint directors who will train the powers of grassroots elected our bodies until the time contemporary elections are held.

The Jammu and Kashmir State Election Commission as we speak introduced a revision of electoral rolls which might be revealed by February 26. It might be adopted by a delimitation of Panchayats and reservation of seats for OBCs, sources instructed NDTV.

“The State Election Commission will run a special campaign to undertake an annual summary revision of panchayat electoral rolls,” Jammu and Kashmir State Election Commissioner, BR Sharma, stated.

While the District Development Councils ( DDC), which is the third tier of the Panchayati Raj System will proceed to perform, they grow to be meaningless within the absence of panchayats and block growth councils.

Elections for the panchayats and Urban native our bodies have been final held in November and December 2018.

In the wake of an election boycott by the National Conference and the PDP, a lot of the panchayat members have been elected unopposed. Around 12,000 seats remained vacant and have been stuffed after the by-elections two years later in 2020.

After the completion of the five-year time period, all of the city native our bodies ceased to exist in December final month.

Jammu and Kashmir has been beneath direct Central rule since June 2018. Last month, the Supreme Court set the deadline for holding meeting elections earlier than September this 12 months.