Jammu, May 12, 2023 (PPI-OT): A plea has been filed in the Indian Supreme Court seeking directions to the Election Commission of India and the Modi-led Hindutva government for holding immediate assembly polls in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir. The petition has been filed by Jammu-based senior advocate Harsh Dev Singh on the behalf of Jammu and Kashmir National Panthers Party (JKNPP) leader Manju Singh, Chairman Block Development Council, Ramnagar, Des Raj, and District Development Committee, Udhampur, member, Ashri Devi. Harsh Dev Singh in a statement said the date of hearing is yet to be fixed by the Supreme Court Registry.

He said, “J and K has been deprived of a democratic government for the last four years. Elections are being delayed and denied and continue to be postponed for one reason or the other.” The senior advocate added he has prayed for the revival of a people’s government in J and K in consonance with the spirit of the Indian Constitution and successive rulings of the top court.

Harsh Dev Singh maintained assembly elections continue to be denied in Jammu and Kashmir on flimsy grounds. “Sometimes they are denied on the grounds of security scenario, sometimes on the pretext of unfinished delimitation exercise, sometimes on the grounds of the Amarnath pilgrimage, while at other times by taking the plea of intense cold or hot weather conditions or heavy snowfall,” he added.

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