As reported earlier, the AJK Legislative Assembly elections would be held on June 26, according to the schedule announced on Monday by the Chief Election Commissioner of AJK.
Various political parties are joining heads to reach into electoral alliances to field joint candidates in the elections to 49-seat Legislative Assembly of Azad Jammu and Kashmir to be held on June 26, this year.
May 26, is the last date for filing the nomination papers by the candidates intending to contest the polls, according to the elections schedule.
Scrutiny of the nomination papers will be made on May 30, last date for withdrawal of nomination papers is June 9, while final list of contesting candidates will be published on June 10, 2011.
Some of the parties, intending to contest the polls under the fold of any alliance, are engaged to reach to a formation of an alliance coupled with the specific intention to get maximum share of seats for fielding their respective candidates under the proposed alliances.
Besides, various political parties, hundreds of independent candidates are also girding lions to jump into the arena to fight in the polls with their respective manifestos comprising tall claims of diverting their all energies and resources, after coming to power, for the betterment and welfare of society and most commonly to raise the living standard of the common man.
Besides various major political parties including Pakistan Peoples Party AJK Chapter, All Jammu Kashmir Muslim Conference, Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) AJK chapter, Jamaat-e-Islami AJK, Jammu & Kashmir Peoples Party, MQM, Jammu & Kashmir Liberation League, several small political organizations and groups in the AJK state are reportedly preparing for reaching into the electoral alliances to fight against the rival parties and independent candidates in the elections.
The prominent political parties actively engaged in the massive electioneering appeared on the scene so far included the incumbent ruling All Jammu Kashmir Muslim Conference, opposition Pakistan Peoples Party Azad Jammu Kashmir, PML-N AJK branch, Jammu Kashmir Peoples Party, Mutahida Qaumi Movement (MQM), Jammu Kashmir Liberation League, Jammu Kashmir Plebiscite Front, Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front and Jammu Kashmir National Liberation Front who were preparing to emerge as the strongest possible contestant groups in the elections individually or through the proposed alliances.
The candidates, aspirants of the party mandate (ticket), have started running from pillar to post the secretariats and authoritative leadership of their respective parties to muster their blessings.
At the same time, certain candidates belonging to various parties, smelling denial of the party tickets by their parent organizations in the elections, are establishing hidden links with other reputed political parties to fetch their backing and the party mandate for contesting the polls.
Various political parties, prepared for contesting the elections, have summoned the meetings of their respective parliamentary boards to nominate their respective candidates after thoroughly going through the applications of the candidates.
Meanwhile, Jammu Kashmir Liberation League's President Abdul Majeed Mallick has advised the Chairman of the Parliament Board of his party to summon the meeting of the parliamentary board to finalize the list of the party candidates to be fielded in the scheduled AJK LA elections.