J&K Govt to hold Block Development Council elections soon

Jammu and Kashmir Government has decided to hold Block Development Council elections across the state soon.

Addressing Media, government spokesperson Rohit Kansal said, the elections would be held for 316 BDCs across the State for which necessary exercise has been completed in Kashmir while in Jammu it is in last stage.

He said the Rural Development Department is approaching the Chief Electoral Officer’s office for holding early elections for which the whole exercise would be hopefully completed by the end of September.

While, giving details about situation in Kashmir, the government spokesperson said that the day time restrictions have been lifted from 69 police stations while in Jammu, the day time restrictions have been eased out from 81 police stations.