Meanwhile, a voter turnout of 56.01 percent was recorded till 3 pm in the third phase of ongoing Assembly elections in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, according to the Election Commission of India.
Bharatiya Janata Party MP and the party's state president in Andhra Pradesh Daggubati Purandeswari criticised the INDI alliance on Tuesday, claiming that the alliance has been using Jammu and Kashmir for their own selfish means.
West Pakistani refugees Monday flocked to polling stations to exercise their right to vote after gaining their citizenship following the abrogation of Article 370, terming it a gift from the Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The demonstrators have accused the PoJK government of ignoring their plight for more than two decades, leaving them in a state of uncertainty and job insecurity.
A voter turnout of 56.01 percent has been recorded till 3 pm in the third and final phase of ongoing Assembly elections in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, according to the Election Commission of India.
The third phase of voting in Jammu and Kashmir saw a cumulative voter turnout of 44.08 per cent as of 1 pm on Tuesday, as per the Election Commission of India.
A National Conference candidate from the Pattan Assembly constituency, Riyaz Bedar, alleged that Jammu and Kashmir's participation in the election was excluded for 10 years.
Among crowds of enthusiastic voters in the third and final phase of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly polls, persons with disabilities, both young and old, were at the forefront, including a 100 year-old elderly woman in Bandipora.
The third phase of voting in Jammu and Kashmir saw a cumulative voter turnout of 28.12 per cent as of 11 am on Tuesday, as per the Election Commission of India.
Elaborate security arrangement has been put in place for polling in Sopore city of Jammu and Kashmir's Baramulla district as voting is underway for the third phase of Assembly polls in the Union Territory. SSP Sopore Divya D said that security arrangements are in place and everything was goi