Omar questions EC’s ‘delay’ in filling vacant JK Rajya Sabha and assembly seats
Omar questions EC’s ‘delay’ in filling vacant JK Rajya Sabha and assembly seats
M.U.H
21/07/202535
Omar also voiced concern over the “undue delay” in filling Rajya Sabha seats and conducting by-elections to two assembly seats in the UT.
The UT, with four seats in Rajya Sabha, has been unrepresented in the Upper House of Parliament since February 15, 2021, the day when Ghulam Nabi Azad and Nazir Ahmed Laway finished their term. Two other members, Fayaz Ahmed Mir and Shamsheer Singh Manhas, had completed their term on February 10, the same year.
Omar called on the Election Commission (EC) to clarify the reasons for the delay, stating, “We don’t understand... I don’t understand why these elections are being put on the back burner.”
