The assurance was given by Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla when he held a meeting with the election commissioners here.
Last December, the Supreme Court directed the poll panel to hold assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir by September 30.
The home secretary, the sources said, was “on board” with EC’s security assessment of Jammu and Kashmir relating to adequate security for contesting candidates as well as ensuring peaceful conduct of the democratic exercise.
He agreed to whatever the EC had sought to ensure peaceful polls there, they said.
The Union Home Ministry is ready to provide a sufficient number of security personnel proposed by EC to ensure the safety of candidates and for holding peaceful polls in the Union Territory, the sources said.
The poll panel on Wednesday afternoon held a detailed review meeting with Bhalla on the security scenario in Jammu and Kashmir.
The sources described the meeting as “good” and said the home secretary was on board with the EC’s security assessment for holding assembly polls in the UT.
The EC flagged the issue of the security of candidates and polling stations while seeking forces for peaceful polls.
The last assembly polls in Jammu and Kashmir in 2014, when Ladakh was its part, were held in five phases. This time too the number of phases could be the same.
