Two DDC polls declared void after women from PoK contest
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SEC orders re-poll in Drugmulla, Hajin (A)
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SEC orders re-poll in Drugmulla, Hajin (A)
The State Election Commission (SEC) on Saturday declared the polls of two District Development Council (DDC) seats as “null and void” after two women from Pakistan Occupied Kashmir (PoK), married to locals from the Valley, contested the elections in December last year.
“The SEC in exercise of the powers conferred under Section 36 of Jammu and Kashmir Panchayati Raj Act, 1989 has declared the polling to the DDC constituency Drugmulla and Hajin (A) as void, cancelling the candidature of Soomia Sadaf and Shazia Aslam,” an SEC order reads.
PDP leader sought Hizbul’s support ahead of 2019 polls
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Updated: Wednesday, December 30, 2020, 8:26 [IST]
New Delhi, Dec 29: Jailed PDP leader, Waheed Ur Rehman Para, who won the District Development Council (DDC) polls from Pulwama is alleged to have paid the Hizbul Mujahideen to get the outfit s support ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
Para was arrested ahead of the DDC polls in Jammu and Kashmir in connection with the probe relating to suspended DySP Davinder Singh s links to the Hizbul Mujahideen.
Jailed PDP leader, Waheed Ur Rehman Para
While Para in his bail application has denied all links to the outfit, the NIA has learnt that the money was paid to Hizbul Mujahideen operative Naveed Babu through Singh. The money was carried in a tiffin box after being collected at the Srinagar airport where Singh was posted, the NIA also found.