India, Feb. 24 -- Curtains will fall on the Panchayati Raj system in Jammu & Kashmir on Tuesday, with its last surviving tier-the District Development Councils-completing their term. The District Development Councils will complete their five-year tenure on February 24, 2026, marking the end of the third tier of the Panchayati Raj system in J&K.
The three-tier grass roots level democracy in the Union Territory (UT) of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) will totally be no more there after 1 PM tomorrow onwards as the term of all the 278 District Development Council (DDC) members, including twenty (20) Chairmen, is going to expire on tomorrow afternoon.
So far there are no signs of holding Urban Local Bodies' and Panchayat elections in the UT of ...