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| Campaigning in J&K concludes for 1st phase | | | Early Times Report
Srinagar/Jammu, Nov 23: The campaign heat subsided today in 11 seats in Kashmir and Chenab valley and four in Ladakh for the Tuesday polls in the first phase of election in Jammu and Kashmir, with stakes high for National Conference in the multi-cornered contest. Six ministers are among 123 candidates in the fray for 15 Assembly segments where the less than a month-long peaceful campaigning saw over 300 rallies and road?shows but none of the major political parties came out with their manifesto barring Congress which released it this evening. (Jammu and Kashmir Assembly Elections 2014: Who will emerge victorious?)
Ruling National Conference led by Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, BJP, Congress and main opposition PDP had their top leaders including Prime Minister Narendra Modi and AICC Chief Sonia Gandhi campaigning for their parties. BJP President Amit Shah, Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, and PDP patron Mufti Sayeed were among the star campaigners.
Out of these 15, five assembly segments are in Kashmir Valley - Gurez, Bandipora and Sonawari (in Bandipora district) and Kangan and Ganderbal (in Ganderbal), four in Ladakh region - Nobra and Leh (in Leh), Kargil and Zanskar (in Kargil) and six in Jammu division - Kishtwar and Inderwal (in Kishtwar), Doda and Bhaderwah (in Doda) and Ramban and Banihal (in Ramban). In the 2008 polls, NC had bagged four out of five seats in Kashmir, one in Chenab Valley and two in Kargil district while Congress, with which it had an alliance, got five out 6 seats in Chenab Valley, one in Leh.
One seat in Kashmir went to PDP. One was won by NC-backed independent. "The poll campaigning ended for the first phase of elections at 4 PM today. It was peaceful", J&K Election department officer said. Modi attacked successive government in the state over corruption, promised to bring development and raised the issue of rehabilitation after the recent floods which had ravaged the state. Sonia Gandhi led the campaign for Congress, accusing the BJP of playing politics over providing relief to flood victims and failing to fulfil promises made in LokSabha elections.
The saffron party is hoping to meet "Mission 44 plus' in the 87-member Assembly to form government for the first time in Jammu and Kashmir, as it recently did in Haryana and Maharashtra. Omar accused BJP its keeping its "feet in two boats" on the issue and warned that it will end up "sinking". He also spoke about his efforts to get the controversial Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) revoked. Main opposition Peoples Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti said people of the state will reject BJP's "divisive agenda" and her party will get full majority. Nearly 1900 polling stations have been set-up by the election authorities in these 15 constituencies. A total of 10,502,50 voters including 5,49,698 males and 5,00,539 females, besides 13 transgenders are eligible to exercise their right to franchise in the first phase of the polls. |
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