JAMMU, March 17 -- Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) chairman Ghulam Nabi Azad requested the Election Commission (EC) on Sunday to hold the much-awaited Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir a month after the completion of the Lok Sabha election.
The Lok Sabha polls in the Union Territory will be held in the first five phases on April 19 (Udhampur), April 26 (Jammu), May 7 (Anantnag-Rajouri), May 13 (Srinagar) and May 20 (Baramulla). The counting of votes will be taken up on June 4.
"The EC has stated that it is not holding the Assembly polls with the Lok Sabha election because of security considerations.
"It is true that if 10 candidates fight from each parliamentary seat, we have five seats and the number of candidates will be 50....