J&K Elections between September And November This Year? ECI Documents Offer Hint

In yet another hint that assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir are on track for next month, the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) of the union territory has sought to hire two helicopters for the polls for a period between September and November.

News18 has accessed two bid documents issued by the Chief Electoral Officer of J&K on August 6 asking for the hiring of a single-engine chopper and a helicopter ambulance for assembly elections in the UT. The documents say the Election Commission wants the helicopters for “tentative 30-45 days during the period from September 2024 to November 2024”.

“Dates are yet to be decided for the Election…once announced by the ECI the same will be communicated,” the document says.

POLL BODY TO REVIEW J&K SITUATION

Incidentally, the full team of the Election Commission of India (ECI) will be in J&K for three days starting August 8 to review the situation ahead of assembly elections for which the Supreme Court has fixed a deadline of September 30. The J&K polls could be spread over 5-6 phases if the security establishment gives a go-ahead to ECI.