Stone pelting near polling booths in Jammu and Kashmir’s Kulgam

Several incidents of stone pelting took place Monday in Kulgam district of Jammu and Kashmir where polling is underway for election to the Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency, police said.

“Isolated incidents of stone pelting near pollingstations have been reported from various parts of Kulgam district but thesituation is under control due to timely action of security forces,” apolice official said.

   

He said there were no reports of anyone getting hurt in thestone pelting incidents so far.

The Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency is spread over fourdistricts of Anantnag, Kulgam, Shopian and Pulwama with 16 assembly segments.

The Lok Sabha polls to this constituency are being held inthree phases due to security reasons.

Anantnag district went to polls on 23 April, while voting inPulwama and Shopian districts will take place on 6 May.

The Election Commission has curtailed the polling durationfor Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency by two hours following a request from thestate police to this effect. The revised polling timing is from 7 am to 4 pm.

There are 18 candidates in the fray for Anantnagconstituency, including PDP president and former chief minister of Jammu andKashmir Mehbooba Mufti.

The Congress has fielded its state president Ghulam AhmadMir, while former High Court judge Hasnain Masoodi is contesting on theNational Conference ticket.

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