Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Ramban, Kishtwar and Doda Range, Shridhar Patil said that long queues of voters were seen outside the polling stations since the polling began on Wednesday morning in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
As the polling in the first phase of the Jammu and Kashmir is being held, Congress leader Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has urged the voters to exercise their franchise to strengthen their rights as they were "snatched in the last ten years".
Indian National Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge appealed everyone to participate in the "crucial election and be the catalysts for change" as first phase of polling begins in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday.
People Democratic Party (PDP) leader and spokesperson Mohit Ban said that queues formed during the polls are the testimony of the decisions that Delhi took on August 5, 2019, and the way they have been inhumane to the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
As first phase of polling in Jammu and Kashmir begins on Wednesday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi appealed to the voters in the constituencies to vote in large numbers and strengthen the festival of democracy.
Polling for the first phase of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections began on Wednesday amid tight security arrangements. The voting process that began at 7 am will conclude at 6 pm, per the Election Commission of India.
Polling parties of Jammu and Kashmir's Ramban district on Tuesday left for their designated polling stations with electronic voting machines (EVMs) ahead of the first phase of polling on Wednesday.
Ahead of the first phase of polling in the Union Territory, BJP election in-charge for Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections, Ram Madhav said that a big change is expected in the upcoming polls and the National Conference, Jammu and Kashmir Peoples Democratic Party and Congress would be vo
Ahead of Haryana Assembly elections Faridabad administration is doing all necessary preparations and booths will be setup in higher societies as well slum areas so that voting gets accessible for all.