Responses to PM Modi's statements about statehood and the early assembly elections in Jammu & Kashmir are divided.
The Election Commission of India and the Center had previously been ordered by the Supreme Court to hold the J&K assembly elections by September 1.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi's announcement that measures are underway to restore Jammu and Kashmir's statehood shortly and that assembly elections will be conducted soon has been met with varied emotions in the Union Territory, with the leaders of most political groups in the region applauding. Some parties, meanwhile, contend that the PM ought to have specified a deadline for clearing up the confusion.
The Election Commission of India and the Center had already been instructed by the Supreme Court to hold the J&K assembly elections by September.
Although Imran Nabi Dar, the spokesman for the National Conference, applauded PM Modi's announcement of elections and the restoration of statehood, he stated that the precise dates are still unknown.
It's excellent that the prime minister has realized that not everyone has embraced the state's demotion to UT. Even though the Centre has stated from the beginning that both assembly elections and statehood restoration will take place, the PM has yet to provide a definite timetable for either.
The Peoples Democratic Party called it PM Modi's "another jumla." "We have been hearing the same Jumla for the past five years." PDP youth vice-president Aditya Gupta stated, "Elections and statehood by #Modi are just like 15 lakh in everyone's bank account."
The announcement, according to Apni Party head Altaf Bukhari, has given people in J&K hope.
The Prime Minister's declaration that J&K will regain its statehood and that preparations for the assembly elections have started is extremely important. On the social media platform X, Altaf Bukhari stated, "People have been eagerly waiting for the fulfilment of the promise for the restoration of statehood to J&K and their democratic right to choose their own representatives."
The party of former J&K chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad applauded the PM's remarks regarding elections and J&K sovereignty. "We applaud PM Modi's remarks regarding holding elections and regaining J&K's statehood.
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