ANANTNAG, Apr 22:
All arrangements, including three-tier security, have been made for conducting free, fair and peaceful polls in the first of three phase polling in six of the 16 Assembly segments in Anantnag Parliamentary constituency tomorrow.
The Assembly segments going to polls tomorrow are– Anantnag, Doru Shahabad, Kokernag, Shangus, Bijbehera and Pahalgam in the constituency spread over four district in South Kashmir, where 13.93 lakh voters will decide the fate of 18 candidates, including former Chief Minister and President of People’s Democratic Party (PDP) Mehbooba Mufti, Pradesh Congress Committee (PCC) chief G A Mir, and Justice (Retd) Hasnain Masoodi and BJP Mohammad Yousuf.
Meanwhile, the Election Commission (EC) has reduced the polling by two hours in the constituency. The polling will now be held between 0700 hrs and 1600 hrs for security reasons.
Returning Officer (RO) for Anantnag Parliamentary constituency (PC), Khalid Jahangir, said that all arrangements, including three-tire security, have been put in place for conducting the elections in secure and peaceful manner.
Election to the Lok Sabha seat will be held district wise as announced by the Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) on their respective date, he said.
He said polling will be held tomorrow for Anantnag district only. Similarly, he said on April 29, voter from Kulgam district will exercise their franchise.
On May 6, polling will be held in Shopian and Pulwama districts respectively, he added. (UNI)
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