Ex MP, Minister, legislators, BJP rebels in fray in Phase-VII Prohibitory orders imposed in Poonch
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Dec 15: Former Member Parliament (MP), Cabinet Minister, legislators and BJP rebels are among 150 candidates who will try their luck in penultimate seventh phase of polling for 18 seats across 10 districts in the District Development Council (DDC) elections in Jammu region tomorrow.
Thirty Sarpanchs and 416 Panchs have been elected unopposed in the Panchayat by-elections in tomorrow’s seventh phase.
Suchetgarh and RS Pura Territorial Constituencies in Jammu district will witness high voltage contests tomorrow with many bigwigs in fray on both the seats.
Sham Choudhary, former Cabinet Minister from BJP, Tarlok Singh Bajwa, ex Rajya Sabha member of Congress, Taranjit Singh Tony, who is contesting as an Independent after having quit National Conference and Naresh Kumar Bittu (National Conference) are in the race for Suchetgarh Territorial seat going
Polling in Jammu breaks record of 6 phases, crosses 70 pc first time
Protests over ‘rigging’, DC sends report; 6 suspended, probe ordered Fate of 150 including bigwigs sealed in ballot boxes
Sanjeev Pargal
JAMMU, Dec 16: Voting percentage in seventh phase of the District Development Council (DDC) elections held for 18 seats spread over 10 districts of the Jammu region today broke all records by recording 71.9 percent voting, the highest for any phase so far in the ongoing electoral exercise while Poonch district became the first district to touch milestone of 80 percent polling.
However, in another first, the polling was today marked by large scale protests in both the constituencies of Poonch district including Mendhar-A and Mendhar-B over the charges of booth capturing with many candidates joining hands and blocking Jammu-Poonch road at Mendhar demanding re-poll in some booths and action against those responsible for alleged rigging. Protests ended late tonight after Dist