Congress, opp parties welcome EC's poll timing

Barring the ruling National Conference (NC) party, congress and opposition parties, Saturday, welcomed the Election Commission (EC)'s move to hold assembly elections in J&K on time. NC felt the time was not "appropriate" for holding the polls in J&K because of recent floods which devastated the state. Notably, the state will go to the five-phase polls from Nov-25 to Dec-20.