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| Militant threat fizzles out 82 percent cast votes in Phase 2 of Panchayat elections | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU/SRINAGAR, Apr 17: Despite the killing of a woman candidate in Chrar-e-Sharief area of Budgam District and the mounting militant threats, second phase of Panchayat elections passed off peacefully with large number of people participating in electing 275 Sarpanches and 2031 Panches in 8 CD blocks.
It has been reported that the militants have issued boycott calls and threats against the polls. A total of 2,139 candidates are in the fray in the second phase. Election were held on 24 Sarpanch Constituencies and 200 Panch Constituencies in CD block Wavoora, Kupwara, 33 Sarpanch and 246 Panch Constituencies in CD block Uri, Baramulla, 21 Sarpanch and 145 Panch Constituencies in CD block Lar, Ganderbal, 38 Sarpanch and 149 Panch Constituencies in CD Block Nagam, Budgam, 17 Sarpanch and 123 Panch Constituencies in CD Block Pahloo, Kulgam, 49 Sarpanch.
In Jammu region, elections were held for 390 Panch Constituencies in CD Block Chenani, Udhampur, 35 Sarpanch and 254 Panch Constituencies in CD Block Vijaypur, Samba and 58 Sarpanch and 424 Panch Constituencies in CD Block R S Pura. Poll percentage remained 85 percent in Kupwara, 86.95 percent in Baramulla, 85.46 percent in Ganderbal, 77 percent in Budgam, 81.48 percent in Kulgam, 77 percent in Udhampur, 84 percent in Samba and 83.40 percent in Jammu with a total percentage of 82.10 percent in all these blocks.
Forty-year-old Hasina Begum was shot dead by ultras at Karpora in Pakherpora area last night. Begum, who was affiliated to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, was rushed to the District Hospital Pulwama where she succumbed to injuries. Panchayat polls are being held after the successful state assembly elections in 2008. The last Panchayat elections were held in 2001.
Meanwhile, election authorities have suspended 24 government employees in Ganderbal district for allegedly remaining absent from election duty during the ongoing Panchayat polls in Jammu and Kashmir. "The District Panchayat Election Officer Ganderbal has suspended 24 employees for abstaining from poll duty," an official spokesman said today.
He said the suspended employees will be charge sheeted after an inquiry into their unauthorized absence from duty. Yesterday, 22 employees were suspended in south Kashmir's Anantnag district on similar grounds.
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