J&K Set for Historic Polls: ECI Announces Assembly Elections After Decade-Long Wait| Peoples’ Voice
The Election Commission of India (ECI) has announced a pivotal development for Jammu and Kashmir, scheduling assembly elections to be held in three phases starting September 18, after a decade of administrative control. This long-awaited decision has sparked a wave of anticipation among locals and political leaders. Residents like Waseem Hassan and Javed Ahmad welcome the return of local governance, eager to address regional issues directly through elected representatives. However, political reactions are mixed: the PDP, led by Mehbooba Mufti, has criticised the short campaign period, while the BJP views the announcement as a clear path to victory, accusing the PDP of making excuses. The last assembly elections in 2014 saw a brief PDP-BJP coalition, and the new polls aim to restore political stability and local autonomy in the region.
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00:00The Election Commission has made the right announcement, the date has arrived, everything is fine.
00:07The Bhartiya Gandha Party is ready for the election and has already come to the election mode.
00:12The Election Commission has made the right announcement, the date has arrived, everything is fine.
00:16The Bhartiya Gandha Party will put up its candidates on the 90th seat.
00:20It was a consistent demand of people that we should have our own elected government.
00:24But here, something else is happening.
00:27Till yesterday, the party was saying that the Election Commission of India won't allow elections.
00:31The Bhartiya Gandha Party won't allow elections.
00:33Today, the election has been announced.
00:35When the date came out, they are making excuses that very little time has been given.
00:39The government has taken the right decision.
00:43The government should have taken this decision earlier.
00:46What was the reason, what was the compulsion of the central government to take so much time?
00:51For the first time in history, I am seeing that since I have grown up,
00:56I am seeing that the government was taking such a long delay.
01:01Now, whether the opposition has emphasized or not, the Election Commission has made the right announcement.
01:07The date has arrived, everything is fine.
01:09See, after a gap of 10 years, we have not had elections for the last 10 years.
01:14And it is overdue since the last 5 years.
01:17And it was a consistent demand of people that we should have our own elected government.
01:22Because there are so many issues.
01:24So, I think in that way, it is a welcome step that the Election Commission of India has announced the dates.
01:30And more importantly, I think that it has kept in mind the deadline given by the Honorable Supreme Court.
01:47Bharatiya Janata Party was already in the election mode.
01:50When the Prime Minister Narendra Modi from SKIC Srinagar,
01:55here from all over Kashmir, said that there will be elections at a fixed time.
01:59So, we were assuming that the date given by the government in September
02:04and what was said by the Honorable Supreme Court.
02:06So, we were assuming that the elections will take place in September.
02:09And today, the schedule has come that there will be elections in three phases.
02:13Bharatiya Janata Party was already in the election mode.
02:17Now, the first public rallies, door-to-door campaigning,
02:21or booth-to-booth level outreach program that we have started,
02:24that was the deadline for the elections.
02:25Bharatiya Janata Party is ready for the elections.
02:27And it was already in the election mode.
02:29Everything has its own benefits.
02:32There was the UT government here.
02:34But the UT government has been established here for the first time since 2019.
02:38Before this, the people here, the political power,
02:42the system of the Prime Minister has been there from the beginning.
02:46I feel that the people are getting peace here.
02:51The UT government has its own issues, it has its own goals, it has its own benefits.
02:55But the issue of Kashmir, I feel that without the Prime Minister,
02:59something else is happening here.
03:02This is a very happy thing.
03:04We have been waiting for 10 years for a local government,
03:09as it happens in every state.
03:11Alhamdulillah, today it was announced.
03:13This is a very happy thing.
03:16The biggest thing is that all our problems,
03:20when we have a local candidate, an assembly member,
03:23who is our minister from here,
03:25definitely if we talk about any department, any court,
03:29if there is any problem there,
03:31we can go to a representative and talk about our grievances,
03:36which we have been missing for the past 10 years.
03:39The opposition in the country is very important and a strong opposition.
03:43Now if we look back at the last five years,
03:47there was no reason not to have elections in Jammu and Kashmir.
03:50But because there was not a strong opposition in the parliament,
03:54they could do away with this thing.
03:57But now we believe that since there is a strong opposition
04:00in the parliament and the opposition is like a watchdog,
04:03it will always try to keep up the democratic values
04:07and the democratic aspirations.
04:09I think probably that is also one of the reasons
04:12that the elections have been announced in Jammu and Kashmir.
04:15I think that first of all,
04:17I would like to convey this message to the people of Jammu and Kashmir
04:21that there is a lot of controversy among the people here.
04:24Since yesterday, when people heard that the Election Commission
04:28is going to give a press conference,
04:31everyone's attention was focused on this.
04:34Especially the people of Kashmir were anxiously waiting
04:37for the election to take place here,
04:40so that some relief will be available to the people.
04:44Because people have also become very tired.
04:47Since the issue of the article has been going on for a long time,
04:51the election has been pending.
04:54And people were ready from yesterday
04:57that the Election Commission is going to be announced tomorrow.
05:01And people's attention was also on this
05:04that everyone was happy that this will happen today.
05:08As far as I am concerned,
05:10as a local, I have seen that there is a lot of support among the people.
05:15Nevertheless, what we feel is that
05:18it was a long-awaiting demand of the people.
05:21We, as political parties, will have to rush up.
05:24We'll have to spend hours going out and reaching out to the people.
05:29It is an uphill task, a difficult task.
05:32But yes, this had to be done.
05:34And this was a persistent demand of the people.
05:36So we'll have to cope up with it.
05:38Until yesterday, this party was saying that the Election Commission of India
05:41does not allow elections.
05:43Now the BJP does not allow elections.
05:45When the date came out today,
05:47you are making excuses that very little time has been given.
05:50If very little time has been given,
05:52the time allotted is the same for the BJP,
05:56the same for the PDP and the same for the NC.
06:00When the BJP welcomes this,
06:03then why are you saying that elections should not be held very soon?
06:07My request to the people is that
06:09through you, the government has announced,
06:11the Chief Election Commissioner has announced
06:13that the election has been postponed.
06:16Now people will leave their homes to vote.
06:19There are three phases of the J&K election.
06:21Now some parties were already working hard for this.
06:26So now it is a simple matter that the election has been postponed.
06:30So we have to prepare for the election.
06:32No, nothing like that.
06:34The Bharatiya Janata Party will hold its candidates on the 90th seat.
06:38Our slogan is 50 crores, this time 50 crores.
06:41The Bharatiya Janata Party will hold on to this
06:43with a mindset that this time the Bharatiya Janata Party
06:45will fight the election with the same courage and courage
06:48that we have given the slogan of 50 crores.
06:50We will complete it and make our government in J&K.
06:53The wait is finally over.
06:55The people of J&K will vote for the first time
06:57after the abrogation of Article 317.
07:00The Election Commission of India has announced
07:03a three-phase poll beginning from September 18.
07:06Who will be the next Chief Minister of J&K
07:08J&K will only be known on October 4 when the results will be out.
07:13With Cameraperson Irfan, this is Izhar Ali for One India.