EC should consider non-BJP parties' plea to hold assembly polls in J-K: CPI(M)

The Communist Party of India (Marxist) Monday urged the Election Commission to "seriously" consider all the non-BJP parties' plea in Jammu and Kashmir to hold the assembly elections in the state simultaneously with the Lok Sabha polls.

In a press statement, the politburo of CPI(M) said, "All the non-BJP political parties in J-K, in their meeting with the full Election Commission when it visited the state, appealed for holding of simultaneous election. The Election Commission should seriously consider this issue and announce the schedule for the assembly election simultaneously."