Kashmir polls after normalcy returns: Govt

September 23, 2019 16:23

Minister of State for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy on Monday said the central government is focused on the development of Jammu and Kashmir and elections will be held there once the situation returns to normalcy.

The Minister said a survey of about 50,000 temples that are shut in Jammu and Kashmir will be done while plans are also on to open cinema theatres there.

"Assembly elections will also be held as soon as things are normal...We have successfully done sarpanch elections, now we will conduct block development council elections by November or December and then we will conduct district development council election.

"This will give a push to our development plan for Jammu and Kashmir and Ladhak," Reddy said. Speaking to reporters, he said the newly elected 'sarpanchas' will be trained in implementing new acts, schemes and developmental work.

"In Kashmir valley many schools are shut for several years now. They will be reopened in the days to come. About 50,000 temples are closed, some are 90 per cent destroyed, those temples will be surveyed. "There are no cinema theatres in the valley. They are shut for many years. Plan is on to open them," he added. The Centre had recently scrapped special status to Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 of the Constitution. -- PTI

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