KNZ NEWS DESK
Jammu: Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti on Sunday chaired an all-party meet on Panchayat polls in the state. The meeting, attended by senior leaders of the opposition and ruling parties, was held at Jammu.
Rural Development Minister Haq Khan said that the majority of the leaders said the situation was not feasible for holding the polls. They suggested that the polls should be deferred, he said.
The panchayat polls were scheduled to be held in 2016 but were deferred due to unrest in the Valley that year following killing of Hizb ul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani.
On December 25 last year, Mehbooba made an announcement that Panchayat elections in the State would be held from February 15.
The last panchayat elections were held in March-April 2011 after a gap of nearly four decades.
Joint Resistance Leadership – an amalgam of separatist leaders – has called for boycott of the panchayat polls. Militant outfit Hizb ul Mujahideen has threatened to “pour acid into eyes” of those who contest the polls.
