Srinagar, Oct. 15 -- Detained J&K AAP MLA Mehraj Malik is likely to be granted a postal ballot facility for the upcoming Rajya Sabha elections scheduled on October 24, sources said.

Malik, who has been lodged under the Public Safety Act (PSA) since September 8 for allegedly disturbing public order, has also approached the J&K High Court seeking permission to attend the upcoming Assembly session starting October 23 and to cast his vote in the Rajya Sabha elections.

Under the Representation of the People Act, 1951, individuals under preventive detention retain their right to vote, unlike undertrials or convicts serving sentences. "The law permits detainees to exercise their voting rights, and since Malik is under preventive detention, he ...