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Cumbersome procedure likely to keep maximum migrants off the booths 4/9/2014 11:52:22 PM Early Times Report Jammu, Apr 9: With cumbersome process of voting over 1.50 lakh displaced Pandit voters will be deprived of exercising their franchise in ensuing Parliamentary elections for three Lok Sabha seats in Kashmir valley. Though political parties are making rounds to displaced Pandit camps and non camp areas at Jammu, to garner their support in ensuing elections but the cumbersome procedure for voting is becoming greatest impediment to migrants in casting their votes. The displaced Pandit organisations approached the concerned authorities as well as Election Commission of India with the petition to make the process for casting of votes for the displaced people from Valley easy, it failed to take appropriate steps in this regard till date. This way maximum of Pandit voters will prefer not to cast their votes, he added. The displaced Pandits term it a deliberate attempt of Government to deprive the community in casting their vote by making the process cumbersome, said Desh Rattan president All Migrant Camp Coordination Committee (AMCCC). The displaced people can't make number of rounds to zone offices or election offices to seek their M Forms, then fill up them and get attested from a gazette officer to cast their vote. This is a cumbersome procedure and they have to waste days together for the same, he said, adding the Government should make the procedure simple and allow the Pandits to cast their vote on the basis of voter lists. His views were supported by Vinod Tickoo, convener Displaced United Council. He said for last 24 years the Pandits could not cast their votes in elections enmass and only one or two percent votes of the displaced Pandits were cast in previous elections too due to this problem. There are about 50,000 Pandit votes in Anantnag -Pulwama constituency but maximum of them are not registered with election authorities due to rigid attitude of the Government and Election authorities towards the hapless community. The Pandit vote could have proven decisive factor in the Lok Sabha elections but due to the failure of Government to simplify the procedure the 90 percent displaced people are unable to cast their vote, sources said. Same is case with other two Lok Sabha constituencies including Srinagar, Budgam seat and Barmulla -Kupwara seat in Valley, sources said where the number of Pandit voters is over one lakh approximately.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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