New Delhi, Apr 10: The Election Commission of India on Monday directed the Chief Electoral Officer of Jammu and Kashmir to hold an emergency meeting with all political parties ahead of the Anantnag Lok Sabha by-elections. After the meeting, the EC will decide whether to conduct polling for Anantnag bypolls on April 13 or cancel it. Chief Electoral Officer Shantmanu will hold the meeting with all political parties and appraise the EC about the ground situation. The ECI may postpone the Anantnag bypolls following widespread violence that badly hit the electoral proceedings on Sunday.
Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti’s brother and PDP candidate from Anantnag Tasaduq Mufti, also appealed to the Election Commission to postpone the Lok Sabha by-poll to the constituency in view of the large-scale violence during the polling in Srinagar. “I appeal to the EC to postpone the elections to a later favourable date,” Mufti told reporters here.
Eight people were yesterday killed in firing by security forces as unprecedented election-day violence marred the by-poll for Srinagar Lok Sabha seat which saw the voter turnout plunge to an all-time low of 7.14 per cent.
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