Pakistan opens shelling alongside LoC earlier than DDC sixth segment polling

For clean habits of the polls, the State Election Commissioner mentioned 2,071 polling stations had been arrange around the Union Territory—1,208 are in Kashmir and 863 are in Jammu. (Representational Symbol)

Forward of the 6th segment of the District Building Council elections in Jammu and Kashmir, Pakistani troops Saturday performed “intense” mortar shelling alongside the Line of Keep watch over in Poonch district’s Balakot.

Balakot is without doubt one of the 31 DDC constituencies going to polls on Sunday.

Ok Ok Sharma, the Election Commissioner for the Union Territory, mentioned officers had been tracking the location. “We all the time make selection preparations preserving in view the opportunity of such eventualities. We will be able to shift polling stations to more secure puts if shelling continues,” he mentioned.

Military Public Family members Officer Lt Col Devender Anand mentioned the “intense” mortar shelling and small fingers fire by way of Pakistani infantrymen started at round 6 pm. The Indian Military is retaliating, he added.

The Balakot area close to Poonch the town has ceaselessly confronted unprovoked mortar shelling and small fingers fire by way of Pakistani troops. A Sarpanch was once amongst six civilians killed in shelling there in August 2015.

In the meantime, just about 7.48 lakh electorate will Sunday come to a decision the destiny of 245 applicants from 31 constituencies within the 6th segment of the DDC polls. Of them, 124 applicants are contesting the polls in 14 constituencies in Kashmir. The rest 121 are within the fray from 17 constituencies in Jammu.

For clean habits of the polls, the State Election Commissioner mentioned 2,071 polling stations had been arrange around the Union Territory—1,208 are in Kashmir and 863 are in Jammu.

Of those, Kashmir has best 11 standard polling stations with 1,047 being labeled as “hyper-sensitive” and 150 as “touchy”, Sharma mentioned. Jammu has 83 “hyper-sensitive” and 291 “touchy” polling stations.

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