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Sensing rout at Udhampur seat, BJP cries foul 4/18/2014 11:20:27 PM Early Times Report JAMMU, Apr 18: Sensing defeat at Udhampur-Doda Parliamentary seat, BJP is raising rigging boggy after people in huge number came out to vote apparently for the Congress candidate Ghulam Nabi Azad. Azad, the Union Health Minister and former J&K Chief Minister, was contesting for the first time from any seat in Jammu and Kashmir. But people of Udhampur-Doda Parliamentary seat set a new record when the polling percentage went upto 72 percent and almost all six districts recorded their best performance in any Lok Sabha elections. Most promising was the Reasi district where 82 percent voting was registered and credit goes to Azad's close aides Jugal Kishore Sharma and Revenue Minister Aijaz Ahmad Khan. But there was another person, the National Conference (NC) MLA from Gulabgarh, Abdul Gani Malik, in whose constituency the voting percentage remained highest at 84 percent in any Assembly constituency. Azad's home district Doda and adjoining districts Kishtwar and Ramban also gave a thumps up to his candidature. After seeing this huge turnout, the BJP candidate Jitendra Singh alleged of mass rigging, which has no base as almost on all polling booths, BJP agents were there and nobody was allowed to vote twice. Even the polling staff remained fair to all candidates and didn't allow the goons to take over at any place. The Chief Electoral Officer J&K yesterday also said that it was a peaceful election and people came out in huge number. Now, BJP has sensed its defeat on this constituency and are levelling false allegations of rigging. "There is no rigging or booth capturing at any area in the whole constituency. We are quite satisfied with the free and fair elections and hope in next three phases same pattern will be followed," said a senior election official. He dismissed the BJP's claim and said that there is no base of Singh's allegations. "We can't predict who will win but there is no chance of rigging and we have done our best job," he added.   Share This News with Your Friends on Social Network     Comment on this Story

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