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Campaigning ends for Udhampur seat, straight contest on cards

Early Times Report

Jammu, Apr 17: Campaigning for the Udhampur-Doda-Kathua Parliamentary constituency, where polling will be held on April 19, ended on Wednesday.
Untimely rains with thunder and lightning had affected the campaigning in this phase.
On the last day of campaigning, the opposition INDIA bloc put up a strong show starting with a rally in Ramban which was followed by a roadshow by Congress candidate Choudhary Lal Singh and JKPCC chief Vikar Rasool Wani at Banihal. Banihal is the hometown of Vikar Rasool Wani, who is working round the clock to ensure the victory of Lal Singh. Lal also addressed a rally in Banihal before the end of the campaigning. On the other hand, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) campaigned in a big way in Kathua and its leaders addressed meetings in all the assembly constituencies of the district. Prime Minister Narendra Modi had addressed a rally in Udhampur, while Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath addressed another rally at Kathua.
While the BJP advocated the slogan of “crossing 400 seats” in the country with Modi’s guarantee, the opposition, on the other hand, claimed “Constitution and democracy in threat” in BJP’s regime.
During the next 48 hours, no election campaign related activities will be conducted within the constituency. The presence of outside workers and officials of all political parties in the constituency will be restricted after the end of the election campaign period and they will have to leave the constituency.
Security personnel, including central forces, have already reached the polling stations while polling personnel will reach their respective booths by Thursday night.
Although the Democratic Progressive Azad Party (DPAP) fielded veteran politician Ghulam Mohammad Saroori in this seat, the real fighting is between Congress candidate Choudhary Lal Singh and Union Minister Dr. Jitendra Singh.
16, 23, 195 voters including 845283 males, 777899 females, and 13 transgenders will cast their votes in the election on this seat.