Early Times Report
Jammu, May 12: As the Srinagar Parliamentary constituency is going for the poll on Monday, a section of BJP leaders are worried because they have promised the party high command that they would ensure over 80 percent polling of the total Kashmiri migrant votes.
Highly placed sources said that for the last three years, BJP has been focussing on the Kashmiri migrant voters settled in different parts of the country.
“Special teams were constituted by the high command with all resources at their disposal. For the last two months, these special teams have repeatedly been assuring that they would mobilize the maximum number Kashmiri migrant voters for the three Lok Sabha seats of Kashmir Valley”, a source said, adding, “Now these teams are not confident about polling of Kashmiri migrant voters”.
As reported earlier, the central leadership of the party has direc A section of BJP leaders have promised the party high command that they would ensure over 80 percent polling of the total Kashmiri migrant votes.
For the last three years, BJP has been focussing on the Kashmiri migrant voters settled in different parts of the country.
Special teams have repeatedly been assuring that they would mobilize the maximum number Kashmiri migrant voters.
Except during the 1996 Lok Sabha elections which was boycotted by the National Conference, the BJP has never secured respectable votes on Srinagar Lok Sabha seat.
In the 1996 Lok Sabha elections, the late Amar Nath Vaishnavi of BJP had secured 35911 votes which was an time high in the history of BJP.
Sheikh Khalid Jehangir of the party got 4641 in the 2019 elections when the BJP swept polls due to the “Modi Wave”. Similarly in 2014 Fayaz Ahmad Bhat of the party got 4647.
In 2009 Avtar Krishen Pandita of BJP got 1994 votes which was all time in recent years.
As per the data shared by the Election Commission of India, the number of Kashmiri migrant voters in the Srinagar Parliamentary constituency is 52,100 which is the deciding factor on this seat. | 