{"id":29675,"date":"2022-08-18T13:54:03","date_gmt":"2022-08-18T13:54:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.5paisa.com\/finschool\/?p=29675"},"modified":"2025-03-09T21:12:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-09T15:42:21","slug":"jammu-and-kashmir-non-locals-can-now-cast-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.5paisa.com\/finschool\/jammu-and-kashmir-non-locals-can-now-cast-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Jammu And Kashmir Non Locals can now cast vote"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Jammu and Kashmir non locals who are ordinarily staying in the Union Territory for jobs, education and business or labour purpose can get their voter identity cards here and vote\u00a0\u00a0 in the next assembly elections.<\/p>

So first Lets understand Voting system in Jammu and Kashmir<\/strong><\/span><\/h6>
  • Elections in the\u00a0Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir\u00a0are conducted in accordance with the\u00a0Constitution of Indiato elect the representatives of various bodies at national, state and district levels including the 114 seat (90 seats + 24 seats reserved for “PoK”) unicameral\u00a0Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly\u00a0and the\u00a0Parliament of India.<\/li>
  • Earlier, the assembly had a total of 87 seats, including Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.<\/li>
  • Ladakh included 4 seats in this, but after making Ladakh a separate union territory, the total number of seats in the\u00a0Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly\u00a0was reduced to 83.<\/li>
  • Seven seats have increased after delimitation and with this, the total number of seats has gone up to 90. In this, 43 assembly constituencies have been created in\u00a0Jammuand 47 in\u00a0Kashmir. Nine seats are reserved for\u00a0Scheduled Tribes.<\/li><\/ul>

    \u00a0<\/strong>Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

    • Article 370 of the Indian constitution gave special status to\u00a0Jammu and Kashmir, a region located in the northern part of\u00a0Indian subcontinentand part of the larger region of\u00a0Kashmir\u00a0which has been the subject of a dispute between\u00a0India,\u00a0Pakistan\u00a0and\u00a0China\u00a0since 1947.<\/li>
    • Kashmir is a Himalayan region that both India and Pakistan say is fully theirs.<\/li>
    • The area was once a princely state called Jammu and Kashmir, but it joined India in 1947 soon after the sub-continent was divided up at the end of British rule.<\/li>
    • India and Pakistan subsequently went to war over it and each came to control different parts of the territory with a ceasefire line agreed.<\/li>
    • There has been violence in the Indian-administered side – the state of Jammu and Kashmir – for 30 years due to a separatist insurgency against Indian rule.<\/li>
    • The article allowed the state a certain amount of autonomy – its own constitution, a separate flag and freedom to make laws. Foreign affairs, defense and communications remained the preserve of the central government.<\/li>
    • As a result, Jammu and Kashmir could make its own rules relating to permanent residency, ownership of property and fundamental rights. It could also bar Indians from outside the state from purchasing property or settling there.<\/li>
    • Prime Minister Narendra Modi and the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party had long opposed Article 370 and revoking it was in the party’s 2019 election manifesto.<\/li>
    • They argued it needed to be scrapped to integrate Kashmir and put it on the same footing as the rest of India. After returning to power with a massive mandate in the April-May general elections, the government lost no time in acting on its pledge.<\/li>
    • Kashmir will no longer have a separate constitution but will have to abide by the Indian constitution much like any other state.<\/li>
    • All Indian laws will be automatically applicable to Kashmiris, and people from outside the state will be able to buy property there.<\/li>
    • The government says this will bring development to the region.<\/li>
    • The government is also moving to break up the state into two smaller, federally administered territories. One region will combine Muslim-majority Kashmir and Hindu-majority Jammu. The other is Buddhist-majority Ladakh, which is culturally and historically close to Tibet.<\/li><\/ul>

      Here are the five things that changed in Jammu and Kashmir since then:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>

      1. Gupkar Alliance \u2014 The Kashmiri Mahagathbandhan<\/strong><\/span><\/li><\/ol>