Local bodies' term ending soon amid uncertainty over Assembly elections
The New Indian Express|June 01, 2023
EVEN as the uncertainty over the Assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir continues, the tenure of panchayats and urban local Bodies (ULBS) in the Union Territory is coming to an end by the end of this year and it remains to be seen whether the polls to local bodies will be held before or after the Assembly polls.
FAYAZ WANI
Local bodies' term ending soon amid uncertainty over Assembly elections

The five-year term of urban local bodies is ending in November this year. While the term of Srinagar Municipal corporation will end on November 5, the Jammu Municipal Corporation's term is expiring on November 14.

The five-year term of municipal councils and committees will also come to end in October- November this year. Polls to urban local bodies in J&K were last held in October 2018 during Governor's rule. The NC and PDP had boycotted the ULB polls in J&K, citing threat to J&K's special status.

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