Srinagar: With the expiration of the term of four members from Jammu and Kashmir in the Rajya Sabha during the current budget session, J&K will have no representation in the Rajya Sabha after 27 years.
News agency KNS has learnt from sources that the term of 4 Rajya Sabha members belonging to Jammu and Kashmir is coming to an end during the current budget session and the appointment of new members is done only by voting of Assembly members.
In Kashmir, the Assembly has been dissolved and no notification has been issued by the Central Government regarding holding of Assembly elections.
Political observers believe that after the expiration of the term of members, representation of Jammu and Kashmir in the Rajya Sabhawill end.
According to experts, such a situation will occur after 27 years when Jammu and Kashmir will not be represented in the Rajya Sabha and in this regard it will be inevitable for the Central Government to hold Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir.
Political observers further say that when the situation in Jammu and Kashmir deteriorated in 1989 and militancy began, then the state of Jammu and Kashmir was governed by the then Governor’s Rule which was implemented in 1989.
After 27 years, the situation has arisen where the term of opposition leaders including Ghulam Nabi Azad and Fayyaz Ahmed Mir in Rajya Sabha will end on February 10, 2021 and the term of Nazir Ahmed Laway of PDP and Shamshir Singh Manhas of BJP will come to an end on February 15, 2021.