Jammu and Kashmir polls News
Lone reiterated his stance on the abrogation of Article 370, highlighting that the issue would remain a focal point of his political agenda.
ECI has established 1,494 polling stations across the district with 609 urban polling stations and 885 rural polling stations.
Approx 23 lakh voters are going to vote for 19 candidates in phase 1, including 90 independents, contesting for 24 assembly constituencies.
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During the rally, Rashid, who defeated National Conference stalwart Omar Abdullah with a margin of 2 lakh votes, lashed out at Mehbooba Mufti's PDP.
PM Modi is set to visit Jammu and Kashmir for campaigning for the upcoming assembly polls.
Mehbooba Mufti offers a conditional alliance with Congress, hinging on their acceptance of PDP's agenda for Jammu and Kashmir.
The National Conference’s manifesto for the upcoming J-K polls includes 12 guarantees, notably the restoration of Article 370 and statehood.
Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah called the inclusion of outsiders in the voter list a threat to its identity. Also said that all political parties will fight together to save it.
The meeting was attended by Jammu and Kashmir BJP president Ravinder Raina and other senior party leaders, including Union minister Jitendra Singh, Devendra Singh Rana, MP Jugal Kishore and Shakti Raj Parihar.
In the polls, 1,065 candidates are in the fray across 310 blocks. The counting of votes will also take place later in the day. Congress, National Conference and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) are boycotting the BDC elections.
BDC polls will be held in Jammu and Kashmir on October 24. These will be the first elections to be held in the state since its special status was revoked under Article 370 on August 5.
The CEO held wide-ranging discussions with the political leaders and briefed them on the preparedness of the authorities for the smooth conduct of parliamentary as well as assembly elections.
A massive 85.1 per cent polling was witnessed in five districts of Jammu division, while encouraging 49.6 per cent was witnessed in five districts of Kashmir division, he said.
The trend of high voter turnout in the panchayat polls continued despite militant threats and boycott by main regional parties - the National Conference and the Peoples Democratic Party.
The polling began at 8 am and ended at 2 pm in 2,773 polling stations, including 918 in Kashmir division and 1,855 in Jammu division, officials said.
The second phase will cover a total of 384 wards spanning 13 districts across the state, seven of which are in the Valley, and over 1,000 candidates will participate, said the officials
"I didn't come from Nepal. I've completed my jail term of 10.5 years. I'm going to file FIR against those who've said that I came from Nepal if they don't apologise," said Farooq Khan.
Mir took a jibe at the Centre saying that the polls were declared without taking stock of the ground situation.
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