Chief Election Commissioner of India Rajiv Kumar Rajiv said that the commission is fully committed to conducting elections here in J&K and in the country peacefully and with maximum participation.
” We are fully prepared for the Assembly and Lok Sabha polls scheduled to be held this year”, he said.
On review of poll preparedness in the UT of J&K for upcoming Lok Sabha Elections, CEC Rajiv Kumar said, “We met national parties including BJP, CPIM and Congress and state recognized parties like NC and PDP.
” The parties said that the elections should be completely fair, transparent and there should be no discrimination. Some parties were of the opinion that the administration can act unilaterally, hence a level playing field should be ensured”, he said.
Rajiv Kumar said that they also wanted the elections should be conducted as soon as possible, the parties also said that security arrangements should be same for the candidates or all political parties. There was a demand from some political parties that arrangements should be made for the migrants wherever they are so that they should be made to vote properly, their voting percentage is usually low.”
