State election commission had declared the polling in two District Development Council (DDC) seats in Jammu and Kashmir s Kupwara and Bandipora districts as void citing wrong information about the place of birth by the PoK-origin candidates.
Humiliated : J&K s Newly Elected DDC Representatives Lock Horns with UT Admin
DDC members staged protests and boycotted an official programme over their status and honorarium, which they said was lower than deserved.
DDC members protest in Jammu. Photo: Twitter/@GAMIR INC
Rights10/Mar/2021
Srinagar: In a major embarrassment to the administration of Jammu and Kashmir Union Territory, the newly-elected members of district development councils (DDCs) in the Union Territory on Tuesday, March 9, staged protests against what they said was a “humiliating and insultingâ protocol announced for them.
The representatives, elected from the grassroots, also boycotted en masse a government programme. This comes at a time when the administration is eager to showcase the representatives to the world as an example of democracy achieved by the Central government after reading down Article 370 and withdrawing the erstwhile J&K’s special status.
Jammu and Kashmir: Against All Odds, Gupkar Alliance Gains Control of 8 DDCs
The alliance could have bagged control of 12 districts, but defections and changes in rules tipped the scales against it.
Votes being counted for the District Development Polls in Jammu and Kashmir on December 22. Photo: PTI
Politics20/Feb/2021
Srinagar: The People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), a conglomerate of political parties seeking the restoration of Article 370, will control only eight district development councils (DDCs) in Jammu and Kashmir, despite the numbers favouring it in 12 districts.
However, the fact that the alliance managed to surpass the BJPâs tally is being seen as a victory against all odds. Some DDC members elected on the PAGD’s ticket were poached by rival parties and the UT administration also changed rules governing the elections, apparently to favour the BJP and its friendly parties.
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Elections for posts of chairperson and vice-chairpersons of the District Development Council (DDC) were held in two districts of Kashmir.
Due to lack of quorum polls in three of the four districts in Jammu region were adjourned.
Srinagar: Elections for posts of chairperson and vice-chairpersons of the District Development Council (DDC) were held in two districts of Kashmir in the final phase on Saturday (February 13), while a lack of quorum forced adjournment of polls in three of the four districts in Jammu region.
In the fifth and the last phase of the polls, the chairpersons and vice-chairpersons for the DDCs in Baramulla and Bandipora, both in north Kashmir, were elected on Saturday, the officials said.