Panchayat And Urban Body Elections Likely To Take Place In Jammu And Kashmir In October 2018; BJP Asks Cadre To Be Ready firstpost.com

Elections to urban local bodies and panchayats will be held in Jammu and Kashmir despite the state being under Governor's Rule after the governor's administration approved a proposal to amend the Jammu and Kashmir Panchayati Raj Act, 1989. A report on DNA said a meeting of the State Administrative Council, chaired by Governor NN Vohra, approved the amendments. The elections are likely to be held in October 2018, according to sources. Vohra's advisors BB Vyas, K Vijay Kumar and Khurshid Ahmad Ganai, besides Chief Secretary BVR Subrahmanyam attended the meeting.