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| Troops alert on eve of first phase polling in 15 constituencies in J&K | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Nov 24: Following the recent busting of hideouts in state especially with the major arms haul including 18 AK- 47 and other war like store recovered near the Line of Control (LoC) in Keran sector of North Kashmir on Sunday, the troops guarding the border have been told to remain on the alert for preventing agencies across the LoC from pushing groups of militants into Jammu and Kashmir.
In a bid to ensure free and fair polls of Phase -I on November 25, the security forces have been told to intensify round the clock patrolling in 15 Assembly segments in seven districts where polling is to be held on Tuesday.
Official sources said that security grid has been upgraded in and around several hundred polling stations of these Assembly constituencies going to polls on Tuesday and in highly sensitive areas sanitization of areas around the polling booths too has been completed.
With polling material and poll officers have been sent to all the stations in these 15 constituencies the stage has been set for the first of the five-phased Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir as 12 sitting MLAs, including seven ministers, are among 123 candidates trying their luck in these constituencies that shall go to polls tomorrow in all three regions of the state.
While six constituencies in Jammu division will vote to elect their representatives, electorate in five segments in Kashmir and four in Ladakh will seal the fate of the aspirants in the polling that is scheduled to begin at 8 AM.
Pertinently Assembly segments going to polls tomorrow include Kishtwar, Inderwal, Doda, Bhaderwah, Ramban and Banihal (in Jammu division); Gurez, Bandipora, Sonawari, Kangan and Ganderbal (in Kashmir), Nobra, Leh, Kargil and Zanskar (in Ladakh) and a total of 10,502,50 voters, including 5,49,698 males and 5,00,539 females, besides 13 transgender are eligible to exercise their right to franchise in the first phase of the polls.
Bhaderwah has the largest number of 1,04,354 voters among the 15 constituencies, while Nobra constituency in Ladakh region has the lowest number with 13,054 voters. Nearly 1900 polling stations have been set-up by the election authorities in these 15 constituencies. While Bandipora, Ganderbal and Bhaderwah have the highest number of candidates, 13 each, in fray, Leh has the lowest number of candidates with a direct fight between Congress and BJP. |
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