PM Modi to address rally in J-K’s Doda today, First Prime Minister to visit in 50 years

New Delhi: Amidst tight security, Prime Minister Narendra Modi is all set to visit Jammu and Kashmir’s Doda district to house a public rally for the Bharatiya Janata Party on Saturday. This comes beforehand of the upcoming assembly elections in the Union Territory. PM Modi’s visit to Doda will probably be marked as the first visit by an enormous minister in the last 50 years, said Union Minister Jitendra Singh. Earlier on Friday, Singh visited the venue to examine out the preparations for most people meeting to be held on September 14.

The election rally will probably be held on the stadium in Doda town. Multi-security has been deployed across Doda and Kishtwar districts to make certain the smooth conduct of the election rally. While chatting with news agency ANI, Singh said, “There is various pleasure various most people as PM Modi has given priority to faraway areas…Inside of the past 10 years, various development has taken place in Doda. No Prime Minister has visited Doda all at some point of the past 50 years. But after the visit of PM Modi, a message will go that PM Modi has worked a lot, bringing faraway areas on par with developed areas.”

These impending elections will play a vitally important role as it may be likely to be the first assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370. This time, the birthday celebration is contesting from all 43 assembly seats in the Jammu division. In accordance with the Election Commission of India, there are eight.806 lakh eligible voters in Jammu and Kashmir.

Jammu and Kashmir is about to hold elections after a long decade gap, as the last assembly election change into held in 2014. Jammu and Kashmir comprises Ninety Assembly constituencies, including 7 reserved for Scheduled Castes (SCs) and 9 for Scheduled Tribes (STs).

Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Elections 2024 agenda

The Jammu and Kashmir elections will probably be held in three phases:

Phase 1 agenda

Date of Issue of Gazette Notification : 20-08-2024
Last Date of Nominations : 27-08-2024
Date for Scrutiny of Nominations : 28-08-2024
Last Date for Withdrawal of candidatures : 30-08-2024
Date of Poll : 18-09-2024
Date of Counting : 08-10-2024
Date prior to which election will probably be completed :10-10-2024

Phase 2  agenda (All 26 ACs)

Date of Issue of Gazette Notification : 29-08-2024
Last Date of Nominations : 05-09-2024
Date for Scrutiny of Nominations : 06-09-2024
Last Date for Withdrawal of candidatures : 09-09-2024
Date of Poll : 25-09-2024
Date of Counting : 08-10-2024
Date prior to which election will probably be completed :10-10-2024

Phase 3 agenda (All forty ACs)

Date of Issue of Gazette Notification : 05-09-2024
Last Date of Nominations : 12-09-2024
Date for Scrutiny of Nominations : 13-09-2024
Last Date for Withdrawal of candidatures : 17-09-2024
Date of Poll : 01-10-2024
Date of Counting : 08-10-2024
Date prior to which election will probably be completed :10-10-2024

Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Elections 2014

Inside of the previous Assembly elections, the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) won 28 seats, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) secured 25 seats, the Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (NC) won 15 seats, and the Congress obtained 12 seats. Alternatively, the coalition government formed by the PDP and BJP collapsed in June 2018 when the BJP withdrew its fortify from then-Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti.