The Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Block Development Council (BDC) elections will be held on October 24. The counting of the votes has been scheduled for the same day, October 24. The votes counting would begin from 3 pm.
Voting in the Block Development Council elections will begin at 9 am and continue till 1 pm across the state. The Block Development Council elections will be held in 310 blocks out of 316 blocks in Jammu and Kashmir.
The Block Development Council elections will be completed before the state of J&K is formally declared a union territory on October 31.
Earlier in the day, Home Minister Amit Shah had said that the Tehsil and Zila panchayat elections in Jammu and Kashmir will be announced in the next four to five days.
Speaking at an event in New Delhi, Amit Shah said the government is committed to making three-tier panchayat system fully functional in the region.
"We ensured Panchayat polls will happen in Jammu and Kashmir, after which 40,000 village heads are working for development. In the next four to five days, Tehsil and Zila panchayat elections will be held. Three-tier panchayat system will be fully functional in Jammu and Kashmir," Amit Shah said.
Amit Shah said the central government will provide Rs 70,000 crore to panchayats for the development of the villages.
"The money will directly go to Sarpanches' bank accounts. Earlier, it did not go below secretariate level," the Home Minister said
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