J&K DDC polls: Survivor of shootout says his new lease of life is to work for people
J&K DDC polls: Survivor of shootout says his new lease of life is to work for people
Contesting on a J&K Apni Party ticket from Anantnag, Anees is the only candidate to have come under attack in the on-going elections to the District Development Councils (DDCs) in Jammu and Kashmir, the first electoral exercise after the scrapping of its special status. Updated: December 16, 2020 8:59:44 am
Anees-ul-Islam was shot four times on Dec 4, only DDC candidate to have faced an attack. Shuaib Masoodi
51.5% voting in 6th phase of DDC elections in J&K
Despite a near total boycott in the south Kashmir districts of Shopian and Pulwama, moderate polling in other parts of the valley pushed up the voter turnout to 32.5 per cent in Kashmir. December 14, 2020 1:10:22 am
Voters queue up at a polling booth in Ganderbal district. (Express photo by Shuaib Masoodi)
THE SIXTH phase of the District Development Council (DDC) elections for 14 seats in Kashmir and 17 in Jammu recorded 51.5 per cent polling on Sunday. The voting pattern was almost the same as the previous five phases, with moderate turnout in other parts of Kashmir making up for low turnout in south Kashmir districts, and high turnout in Jammu division pushing up the overall polling percentage.
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J&K DDC polls: In fray today, two candidates seeking to put PSA, jail behind
Among the 13 in the fray are Shabir Ahmad Lone and Zahoor Ahmad Mir, both of whom were jailed under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) amidst the crackdown on political leadership following the scrapping of J&K s special status last year. Updated: December 13, 2020 7:08:01 am
Shabir Lone (centre) was detained for 7 months. (Express photo by Shuaib Masoodi)
At one of the entrances marking the Rohama constituency, that votes in the sixth phase of the District Development Council (DDC) elections in Kashmir on Sunday, posters announce the need to vote for “unity, prosperity and dignity”, with photographs of the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) leadership. Among the 13 in the fray are Shabir Ahmad Lone and Zahoor Ahmad Mir, both of whom were jailed under the stringent Public Safety Act (PSA) amidst the crackdown on political leadership following the
DDC polls in J&K recall an unsuccessful experiment in Sri Lanka four decades ago
Sri Lanka offered DDCs as a solution at a time when the Tamil polity was already radicalised. The DDCs became a reality but they did nothing for Sri Lanka’s relations with its Tamil citizens. Updated: December 12, 2020 9:05:10 am
A security personnel keeps vigil as voters stand in queue to cast their votes for the District Development Council elections, at the polling station in Pahalgam. (Express Photo: Shuaib Masoodi)
The ongoing District Development Council (DDC) elections in Jammu & Kashmir call to mind a similar exercise in Sri Lanka four decades ago, when that country’s political leadership tried to stanch Tamil demands for regional political autonomy with almost exactly the same kind of local government for which J&K is voting now.