EC to announce Jammu and Kashmir assembly election schedule after Amarnath Yatra

The Election Commission Tuesday said it will announce the schedule for assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir after the Amarnath Yatra, which begins next month.

In a statement, the poll panel said it has unanimously decided that "holding of Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir shall be considered later in this year".

Election Commission: Commission will keep on regularly and on real time basis monitoring the situation in Jammu and Kashmir, taking inputs from all necessary quarters and after the conclusion of Amarnath Yatra will announce poll schedule. https://t.co/pVRcFs7nH6

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The Commission said it will keep monitoring the situation in the state regularly based on inputs from all necessary quarters and will announce the election schedule after the conclusion of the Amarnath Yatra.

The yatra usually runs from July 2-August 15.