Home Minister Amit Shah holds meeting with Jammu and Kashmir BJP leaders; discusses preparations for Assembly polls
The Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir are anticipated to take place after the Amarnath Yatra, which ends on August 19. According to sources, the BJP national leadership, led by Union Home Minister Amit Shah, has urged state BJP leaders to prepare for the assembly elections.
In a late-night huddle on Thursday, Amit Shah, Union Health Minister, and BJP National President JP Nadda directed BJP state unit leaders to prepare for the elections and announced that the party would contest all 90 seats.
The Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir was dissolved in November 2018, ahead of the removal of the state’s special status in August 2019. The state was partitioned into two union territories.
The party leadership has also informed state leaders that the BJP will not establish a pre-election alliance with any party in the state. However, there may be seat modifications and “electoral understandings” with “like-minded parties,” according to insiders.
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No pre-election alliance, no CM face: BJP leadership
The party leadership has also informed state leaders that the BJP will not establish a pre-election alliance with any party in the state. However, there may be seat modifications and “electoral understandings” with “like-minded parties,” according to insiders.
The party will not field any Chief Ministerial candidates in the run-up to the assembly elections.
In the upcoming days, important Union Ministers and BJP national leaders are likely to visit the state. The party will also begin a mass contact drive with the people of the state. To commence preparations, BJP chief JP Nadda will visit the state on Saturday and attend the party’s state executive meeting.
According to insiders, there will be no changes in leadership or organisational structure in the state BJP unit, which is now led by Ravinder Raina. Raina was joined by the party’s Jammu and Kashmir MPs, Jitendra Singh and Jugal Kishore Sharma, as well as other key leaders, for the two-hour meeting.
According to the sources, simultaneous assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Maharashtra, and Haryana are not out of the question.
