All Major Parties Reluctant Over Holding ULB Polls Which They Say Offers 'Parallel Structures'
Jammu, July 8 -- Share Tweet Share SRINAGAR, July 8(KNS): The highly anticipated Urban Local Body (ULB) elections in Jammu and Kashmir are unlikely to be held anytime soon due to a widening political consensus against the polls coupled with critical technical delays in updating voter lists, Sources told Kashmir News Service (KNS) all major political parties in the Union Territory, including the ruling National Conference (NC), are reluctant to conduct the civic body elections. Lawmakers across party lines reportedly fear that fully empowered ULB representatives create parallel governance structures in assembly constituencies that overlap with the traditional legislative and developmental authorities of MLAs. "There is a growing sentiment ...
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