Anantnag, Apr 29 : About 8.42 per cent polling was recorded till 1500 hrs in Kulgam district in the second of three phase polling in Anantnag Parliamentary Constituency (PC) in south Kashmir on Monday.
The polling is being held under unprecedented security arrangements following a strike called by Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) on Monday in election-bound areas.
An official spokesman said that till 1500 hrs about 8.42 per cent polling was recorded.
The first phase in Anantnag district recorded 13.6 per cent polling on April 23 while the last and third phase of election in Pulwama and Shopian districts will be held on May 6 in the constituency.
Polling started at 0700 hrs and will conclude at 1600 hrs in the polling stations.
However, at some places, including Laram in Homeshalibugh Assembly constituency, polling was delayed by over 45 minutes.
Surprisingly at many polling stations there is no polling agent of political parties in the fray. However, Congress has managed to bring some polling agents from central Kashmir district of Budgam after the party could not get any local resident.
Zahid, a resident of Badgam said he was assigned the job by the Congress to stand as polling agent in one of the polling stations. ”Yes I am afraid since it is very tense with security forces deployed there”.
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