JK Civic Poll: Voting for the first phase today, 1204 candidates in the field
JK Civic Poll: Voting for the first phase today, 1204 candidates in the field
Photo: Aman Farooq
Four phase urban local bodies elections will start a call in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday by the increased security and joint resistance leadership, who will ask people to stay away from electoral practice. According to Shailenkabra, chief election officer of Jammu and Kashmir, in the first phase, the polling will be held from 7 am to 4 pm on 820 polling stations across the state. He said that 150 polling stations have been nominated for voting in Kashmir Division and 670 in Jammu division. He said, "138 polling stations in the Kashmir division have been classified as susceptible, while 52 polling stations in the Jammu division have been classified as susceptible." He said that 78 candidates have already been elected unopposed for Phase I. The CEO said that 1204 candidates are in the fray for the 324 Municipal Ward (phase-1), 83 in Jammu Division and 238 in Jammu Division. He said, "The total voter for Phase-I is 586064," he said and said that basic minimum facilities (BMF) have been ensured in all polling stations of the state for voting. He said that photo voter slips among voters have already been distributed to inform their polling station. According to an official, in the first phase, 422 wards were going to go for the election, but this number has increased to 321 as there is no candidate for 23 candidates, whereas only one candidate has filed nomination for 78 wards, Paving the way for their unexpected victory ULB elections are taking place after 13 years of intervals. The last such exercise was held in 2005 during the PDP-Congress government in Jammu and Kashmir. An official told KashmirNews18 that there are seven urban local bodies in Kashmir, 15 in Jammu and two in Ladakh. In Kashmir, according to the official election, Kupwara Municipality Committee (11 out of 13 wards), Handwara Municipality Committee (7 out of 13 wards), Bandipora (16 out of 17 wards), Baramulla (15 out of 21 wards) ), Srinagar (three ward-Humama, Bemina and Bag-e-Mehtab), Badgam (1 ward out of 13 wards) and Kokarnag (4 out of 13 wards). In the Jammu province, he said, elections will be held in Jammu Municipal Corporation, municipality committee Bishnah, municipal committee Arnia, municipal committee RS Pora, municipal committee Ghumnasan, municipal committee Akhnur, municipal committee journal, municipal committee Khorri, municipal committee Rajouri, Municipality Thanamandi, municipality Committee Naushera, municipal committee Sundarbani, municipal committee Kalakote, municipality Poonch and municipal council End Surncot. He said that elections would also be held for both the municipalities of Ladakh district-municipal committee Leh and municipal committee Kargil. Definitely, the governor's administration cited Article 35-A of the constitution, in the Supreme Court, to decide against the participation of two major mainstream political parties-the National Conference and the People's Democratic Party Decided to move forward with. . In line with its policy, the Joint Resistance Leaders called upon the people to boycott the practice that it is "not an option for the right to self-sufficiency and resolve of the Kashmir issue." Meanwhile, in a statement, CEO Kabra said that senior government officials have been appointed as general supervisors to monitor the smooth, fair and systematic behavior of "supervisors". He said, "Expenditure observers are also keeping an eye on the expenditure by the candidates." He said that for the polling day, micro observers have been deployed in polling booths, especially those people are considered sensitive / susceptible. The CEO said, "Apart from this, zonal and sector magistrates have been deployed to ensure the smooth conduct of the elections along with monitoring the entire process." And said that Deputy Commissioner is undertaking videography of all the "important incidents" related to the election process. He said that the government has announced the holidays on the day of polling in the municipal areas that are contesting elections to enable voters to cast their vote. He said that according to the Standing Guidelines, the offices of the Central Government will not be closed, but those employees who are voters going to the polls and who wish to use their franchisees, will be provided with appropriate facilities - late Office / early absence of permission to visit / leave office. An official spokesman said that the CEO urged the local local government to use the rights of the franchisee to meet their local needs from the voters. "Definitely, the municipal elections -2018 are being organized in four phases, in which 79 municipal bodies have been included with about 17 lakh voters.A total of 3372 nominations have been filed for 1145 wards. That is 8th, 10th, 13th, and 16th of the election day.
Four phase urban local bodies elections will start a call in Jammu and Kashmir on Monday by the increased security and joint resistance leadership, who will ask people to stay away from electoral practice. According to Shailenkabra, chief election officer of Jammu and Kashmir, in the first phase, the polling will be held from 7 am to 4 pm on 820 polling stations across the state. He said that 150 polling stations have been nominated for voting in Kashmir Division and 670 in Jammu division. He said, "138 polling stations in the Kashmir division have been classified as susceptible, while 52 polling stations in the Jammu division have been classified as susceptible." He said that 78 candidates have already been elected unopposed for Phase I. The CEO said that 1204 candidates are in the fray for the 324 Municipal Ward (phase-1), 83 in Jammu Division and 238 in Jammu Division. He said, "The total voter for Phase-I is 586064," he said and said that basic minimum facilities (BMF) have been ensured in all polling stations of the state for voting. He said that photo voter slips among voters have already been distributed to inform their polling station. According to an official, in the first phase, 422 wards were going to go for the election, but this number has increased to 321 as there is no candidate for 23 candidates, whereas only one candidate has filed nomination for 78 wards, Paving the way for their unexpected victory ULB elections are taking place after 13 years of intervals. The last such exercise was held in 2005 during the PDP-Congress government in Jammu and Kashmir. An official told KashmirNews18 that there are seven urban local bodies in Kashmir, 15 in Jammu and two in Ladakh. In Kashmir, according to the official election, Kupwara Municipality Committee (11 out of 13 wards), Handwara Municipality Committee (7 out of 13 wards), Bandipora (16 out of 17 wards), Baramulla (15 out of 21 wards) ), Srinagar (three ward-Humama, Bemina and Bag-e-Mehtab), Badgam (1 ward out of 13 wards) and Kokarnag (4 out of 13 wards). In the Jammu province, he said, elections will be held in Jammu Municipal Corporation, municipality committee Bishnah, municipal committee Arnia, municipal committee RS Pora, municipal committee Ghumnasan, municipal committee Akhnur, municipal committee journal, municipal committee Khorri, municipal committee Rajouri, Municipality Thanamandi, municipality Committee Naushera, municipal committee Sundarbani, municipal committee Kalakote, municipality Poonch and municipal council End Surncot. He said that elections would also be held for both the municipalities of Ladakh district-municipal committee Leh and municipal committee Kargil. Definitely, the governor's administration cited Article 35-A of the constitution, in the Supreme Court, to decide against the participation of two major mainstream political parties-the National Conference and the People's Democratic Party Decided to move forward with. . In line with its policy, the Joint Resistance Leaders called upon the people to boycott the practice that it is "not an option for the right to self-sufficiency and resolve of the Kashmir issue." Meanwhile, in a statement, CEO Kabra said that senior government officials have been appointed as general supervisors to monitor the smooth, fair and systematic behavior of "supervisors". He said, "Expenditure observers are also keeping an eye on the expenditure by the candidates." He said that for the polling day, micro observers have been deployed in polling booths, especially those people are considered sensitive / susceptible. The CEO said, "Apart from this, zonal and sector magistrates have been deployed to ensure the smooth conduct of the elections along with monitoring the entire process." And said that Deputy Commissioner is undertaking videography of all the "important incidents" related to the election process. He said that the government has announced the holidays on the day of polling in the municipal areas that are contesting elections to enable voters to cast their vote. He said that according to the Standing Guidelines, the offices of the Central Government will not be closed, but those employees who are voters going to the polls and who wish to use their franchisees, will be provided with appropriate facilities - late Office / early absence of permission to visit / leave office. An official spokesman said that the CEO urged the local local government to use the rights of the franchisee to meet their local needs from the voters. "Definitely, the municipal elections -2018 are being organized in four phases, in which 79 municipal bodies have been included with about 17 lakh voters.A total of 3372 nominations have been filed for 1145 wards. That is 8th, 10th, 13th, and 16th of the election day.
No comments