Archive · 22 Aug 2025
LG Can Nominate J&K Assembly Members Without Election
The government in Jammu and Kashmir is changing.
The Lieutenant Governor can now pick five people to be in the local government without them being elected.
This is allowed by a law passed in 2019.
These extra people will make the government bigger.
Some people think this is a way to make the elected leaders less important and make the government follow orders from elsewhere.
The Lieutenant Governor of Jammu and Kashmir can nominate five members to the J&K Assembly without the elected government's input.
This provision comes from the J&K Reorganisation Act of 2019.
The nominated members will increase the Assembly's strength from 90 to 95.
This is perceived as a move to diminish the influence of regional political parties.
Political parties in Kashmir believe this creates a parallel structure to potentially undermine the elected government.
- Who
- The Lieutenant Governor, five nominated members, and regional political parties.
- What
- The Lieutenant Governor can nominate five members to the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly without the elected government's input.
- When
- The provision was introduced under the J&K Reorganisation Act passed on August 6, 2019.
- Where
- Jammu and Kashmir Assembly
- Why
- Perceived as a move to diminish the influence of regional political parties.
Regional Political Parties
Unknown
Impact on Regional Parties
Regional Political Parties
The move is seen as an attempt to make the regional political parties irrelevant and turn the J&K Legislative Assembly into a “rubber stamp” for policies designed in New Delhi.
Unknown
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- Event
- Nomination of members to J&K Assembly by LG
- Number of Nominees
- 5
- Governing Body
- Jammu and Kashmir Assembly
- Assembly Size
- 90 to 95 members
- Legal Basis
- J&K Reorganisation Act