SNS KASHMIR
Srinagar, Aug 19 :
The People’s Democratic Party (PDP) on Fridaytook out a protest march in Srinagar against the inclusion of non-local voters in the electoral rolls in Jammu and Kashmir.
This comes two days after Chief Electoral Officer Hirdesh Kumar said that J&K is likely to get around 25 lakh additional voters, including outsiders, after the special summary revision of electoral rolls was held for the first time since the abrogation of Article 370.
Several PDP leaders led by the party’s chief spokesperson Suhail Bukhari took out the march from the party’s head office near Sher-e-Kashmir Park.
After the announcement, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti had said in a tweet, “GOIs decision to defer polls in J&K preceded by egregious gerrymandering tilting the balance in BJPs favour & now allowing non locals to vote is obviously to influence election results. Real aim is to continue ruling J&K with an iron fist to disempower locals.”