In true sense, now the people of Jammu and Kashmir will celebrate the festival of democracy.

For any field, the path of its progress opens only with its independence. As long as there is a regime whose control is undemocratic or is poisoned in its thinking, wants division, then that region cannot flourish. Something similar was the case of Jammu and Kashmir, which is called the crown of the country. Now even though it has got rid of Article 370, it has slowly started joining the mainstream of the country on the right, but until the festival of democracy is celebrated democratically in that area, a lot of this matter remained incomplete. It just seems to happen.
But soon this festival i.e. elections are also going to be held so that the people’s representatives can be elected. In such a situation, the union territory is writing a new chapter of peace and stability. Now is the time to facilitate the democratic aspirations of the people of that region.
In fact, Jammu and Kashmir’s Chief Electoral Officer Hirdesh Kumar Singh said on Wednesday that about 25 lakh new voters are likely to be added to the existing electorate with the special summary revision of electoral rolls to be held after January 1, 2019 in the Union Territory. “After the abrogation of Article 370, an ordinarily resident can become a voter in J&K to exercise his franchise.” That is, this step can be called commendable for the complete elimination of regional compulsion. The decision taken by rising above the permanent-temporary becomes very important because if the connection is to be brought, it has to be brought by oneself, no one will come from outside and take the initiative.
The CEO said that on September 15, the draft voter list will be issued at each polling station. He said that after the reorganization of the assembly seats, we have added 600 new polling stations and the total number of polling stations now stands at 11,370. He also informed that youth who have attained the age of 18 years on or before October 1 are eligible to be enrolled as voters. Though adding new voters is an ongoing exercise and one can contact us offline and online, 25 October is the last date for claims and objections for the ongoing special summary revision and by 25 November the final voter list for 90 assembly constituencies is released. Will.
The level and speed at which the work is going on was not an easy matter, it is well known to all. Speaking about the Kashmiri migrants living outside the Valley on the list, the CEO said that camps are being organized for such displaced people as per the special provisions to register new voters among them. Certainly it is very necessary to take this step now, if it is not there now then things like displacement then Kashmiri Pandits who have left the valley are still not given preference which would have been a great injustice but special camps would be organized now. So this has also been confirmed.
It is to be known that in the past, according to Article 370 of the Constitution and the special status after that, no Act of Parliament was applicable in the Union Territory. The Representation of the People Act, 1951, which regulates the election process in India, was also not applicable there. The special status provided the state with specific election laws, where the people residing there could never become voters of the state. Demographics were regulated in a deliberate attempt to provide exclusive rights to a few and manage political monopolies. It was like a Gulf Islamic country, where people living for decades can never become voters.
The rights of common people such as workers, women and other migrants were disarmed. His right to recognition, political representation and election had been violated over the years. Entire Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh had been confined to a few selfish politicians around him. Last month, the Delimitation Commission of Jammu and Kashmir, while reorganizing the assembly constituencies, allotted six seats to Jammu and one to Kashmir.
Of the total 90 seats in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, Jammu now has 43 out of 37 seats, and Kashmir has 47 out of the earlier 46 seats. After this there was a hope that now all the common people will be directly benefited by the laws of democracy, freedom and all other basic livelihoods. In such a situation, a free and fair election to the Legislative Assembly of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir will help in realizing the democratic aspirations of the people.