√√√√√ALPHA NEWS√√√√√ Security on high alert ahead of fourth phase Polling Tomorrow>>>> Srinagar: Authorities on Saturday started deploying 20,000 personnel of paramilitary forces to ensure incident free election on Sunday in Srinagar, Islamabad and Shopian districts official sources said. These would be in addition to the already deployed Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and Jammu and Kashmir Police, they added. “There is no scare among people which was seen ahead of the earlier elections especially in Srinagar city,” an official said adding “Srinagar remained busy as usual on Saturday.” Fourth phase of J&K election is scheduled to take place on Sunday. Polling starts at 8 a.m. and ends at 4 p.m. After five rounds of polling, the votes will be counted Dec 23. A total of 1,890 polling stations have been set up for the fourth phase of election. The fourth phase of the Jammu and Kashmir assembly elections Sunday may well decide who will be the dominant player in the Kashmir Valley among the ruling National Conference and the PDP. 1473050 voters in 18 constituencies will be eligible to decide the fate. The constituencies are spread over four districts of Srinagar, Islamabad and Shopian in the valley and Samba district in Jammu region, an official told Valley Media Service. Of these, eight are in Srinagar district, six in Islamabad, two in Shopian and two in Samba district. In 18- Hazratbal Constituency, 12 candidates remained in fray which include Miss Asiea (PDP), Syed Ahmad (INC), Adil Mustafa Khan (NPP), Mohammad Syed Akhoon (NC), Masood -Ul- Hassan (BJP) Ghulam Ahmad Shalla (ABHMS), Mirza Sajad Hussain (RJKP), Mushtaq Ahmad Sofi (JKKMP) Altaf Hussain Dar (Ind) Javeed Ahmad Tota (Ind), Khalid Tufail (Ind) and Ghulam Nabi Dar (Ind),. In 19- Zadibal Constituency, 13 candidates remained in fray which include including Peer Afaq Ahmad (NC), Shameema Raina (INC), Abid Hussain Ansari (PDP), Neelam Gaash (BJP), Hakim Mohammad Afzal (Rashtriya Jan Kranti), Mohammad Ashraf Dar (PC), Arshid Hussain (Ind), Saleem Akhtar Malik (Ind), Syed Owais Qadri (Ind), Syed Maqsood Husain (Ind), Shahid Ali Kachroo (Ind), Nisar Ahmed Ahangar (Ind) and Nazir-ud-din Ahmad (Ind). In 20-Idgah Constituency, 08 Candidates remained in fray which include Imtiyaz Ahmad Khan (INC), Ali Mohammad Wani (PDP), Mubarak Ahmad Gul (NC), Irfan Ahmad Matoo (JKPC), Mohammad Ashraf Khan (JKKMP), Ghulam Mohammad Rather (Ind) Fayaz Ahmad Bhat (Ind) and Mehraj-ud-Din Bhat (Ind). In 21- Khanyar Constituency, 06 candidates remained in fray which include and Ashok Kumar Bhat (BJP), Ali Mohd Sagar (NC), Mohammad Khurshid Alam (PDP) Mohammad Yaqub Vakil (INC), Bilal Ahmad Wani (Ind), Firdous Ahmad Sheikh (Ind). In 22- Habbakadal Constituency, 11 candidates remained in fray which include, Raman Mattoo (INC), Zahid Bashir (NCP), Shamim Firdous (NC), Zafar Meraj (PDP), Moti Koul (BJP), Sanjay Saraf (LJS), Bilal Ahmad Parra (Ind), Parviaz Ahmad Bhat (Ind), Mohd Muneeb Bhat (Ind), Nazir Ahmad Gilkar (Ind) and Waseem Ahmad Shalla (Ind). In 23- Amirakadal Constituency, 14 candidates remained in fray which include Hina Shafi Bhat (BJP), Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari (PDP), Syed Masood Ahmad Andrabi (JKNPP), Sheikh Amir Rasool (INC), Nasir Aslam Wani (NC), Shafaat Ahmad Sidiqi (JKPC), Azad Abdul Samad Mandu (Ind) Bikram Singh (Ind), Zeeshan Pandith (Ind), Sushant Bakshi (Ind), Shakeel Ahmad Wani (Ind), Ghulam Hassan Dar (Ind), Farooq Ahmad Khan (Ind), and Younis Qawam (Ind). In 24- Sonawar Constituency 14 Candidates remained in fray which include Dr Darakhshan Andrabi (BJP), Omar Abdullah (NC), Farooq Ahmad Dar (NPP), Khem Lata Wakhlu (INC), Mohammad Ashraf Mir (PDP), Amjad Ali Buhroo (IFB), Riyaz Ahmad Wani (JKKMP), Abdul Rashid Lone (RPI), Laldin Mir (JKPC), Mohammad Younis Najar (Rashtriya Jan Kranti), Parveez Jamaal (Ind), Peer Bilal Ahmad (Ind) Gowhar Ahmad Malik (Ind) and Malik Noorul Amin (Ind) . In 25 Batamaloo Constituency, 16 candidates remained in fray which includeBashir Ahmad Wani (JKNPP), Zubair Nazir Wani (BJP), Abdul Hamid Rather (INC), Mohammad Irfan Shah (NC), Mohammad Maqbool Rather (BSP), Noor Mohammad Sheikh (PDP), Sajad Ahmad Reshi (JKPP(S), Showkat Ahmad Bhat (All J&K Kissan Mazdoor Party), Abdul Qayoom Bhat (DPN), Gulzar Ahmad Bangroo (SP), Muzzaffar Ahmad Gazi (PC), Javaid Ahmad Dandroo (Ind), Reyaz Ahmad Mir (Ind), Mehbooba Shadab (Ind), Mohammad Adil Hussain Dar (Ind) and Mohammad Maqbool Sheikh (Ind) In 35- Wachi Constituency, 10 candidates remained in fray which include, Mahroof Ahmad Wani (INC), Tariq Ahmad Mir (BJP) Zahoor Ahmad Rather (CPIM), Aijaz Ahmad Mir(PDP), Mohd Yousuf Mir (JKNPP), Showkat Hussain Ganie (NC), Ahsan-Ul-Haq (JKPC), Mohd Yaqoob Malik (J&K Republican Party) Mohd Khalil Naik (AIP),and Kulbushan Kaw (Ind) remained in fray. In 36- Shopian Constituency, 10 candidates remained in fray which include, Javaid Ahmad Qadri (BJP), Abdul Rashid Pandit (CPI), Mushtaq Ahmad Khanday (INC), Shah Fayaz Ahmed (NPP), Sheikh Mohammad Rafi (NC),Mohd Yousaf Bhat, (PDP), Mohammad Yaqoob Rather (All J&K Republican) Shabir Ahmed Kullay (Ind), Tariq Ahmad Ahanger (Ind) and Mohd Yousuf Haji (Ind). In 40- Anantnag Constituency, 8 remained in fray which includes Iftikhar Hussain Misgar (NC), Mohammad Rafiq Wani (BJP), Mufti Mohammad Syeed (PDP), Farooq Ahmad Mir (BSP), Hilal Ahmad Shah (INC), Mohd Shafi Mir (All J&K Republican Party), Ghulam Rasool Dar (Ind) and Nasir Ali Koachk (Ind). In 42-Dooru Constituency, 10 candidates remained in fray which includes, Syed Farooq Ahmad Andrabi (PDP), Gh. Ahmad Mir (INC), Farooq Ahmad Ganie (NC), Gull Mohammad Mir (BJP), Mohd Yousuf Ganaie (JKNPP), Suhail Malik (JKPC), Ab. Ahad Mir (IPCP), Farooq Ahmad Gashroo (HJP) Syed Rasheed Ahmad (Ind) and Syed Shariq Hussain (Ind). In 43- Kokernag Constituency, 7 candidates remained in fray which include, Khurshid Ahmad Mailk (BJP), Abdul Rahim Rather(PDP), Gh. Nabi Bhat(NC), Peerzada Mohammad Syed (INC), Mohd Yousuf Ganie(JKNPP), Javid Ahmad Rather (JKRP-Ind) and Ghulam Hassan Khanday (Ind). In 44- Shangas Constituency, 9 candidates remained in fray which include, Gulzar Ahmad Wani (INC), Khalid Muzaffar Maqbool Dar (BJP), Ishfaq Ahmad Shah (JKNPP), Peerzada Mansoor Hussain (PDP), Reyaz Ahmad Khan (NC), Mushtaq Ahmad Bhat ,Bashir Ahmad Wani, Mohd Yousf Ganie, and Tanveer Hussain Khan as Independent Candidates. In 45- Bijbehara Constituency, 5 candidates remained in fray which includes Dr. Bashir Ahmad Shah (NC), Pushkar Nath Pandit (BJP), Abdul Rehman Bhat (PDP), and Mushtaq Ahmad Sheikh, (BSP) and Manzoor Ahmad Ganai (INC). In 46- Pahalgam Constituency, 7 candidates remained in fray which includes, Altaf Ahmad Wani (NC), Rafi Ahmad Mir (PDP), Shabir Ahmad Shah (BSP) Irfan Abid Bhat (INC), Sofi Yousuf (BJP), Anwar Jan (JKPC) and Farooq Ahmad Rather (Ind). In 68- Samba Constituency, 8 candidates remained in fray which includes Dr. Davinder Kumar Manyal (BJP) Subash Chander, (INC), Satwant Kour (NC), Som Nath (BSP), Sunny Sangral (PDP), Vijay Kumar Atri (NCP) Yashpaul Kundal (JKNPP) and Darshan Kumar (Bahujan Mukti Party). In 69- Vijaypur Constituency, 14 candidates remained in fray which include, Jagdish Raj (BSP), Chander Parkash (BJP), Manjit Singh (INC), Rajesh Kumar Pargotra (JKNPP) Surjeet Singh Slathia (NC) Harmesh Singh Slathia (PDP), Jeet Ram (Bahujan Mukti Party) Kamal Kishore (Hindustan Janta Party), Ajad Hussain (Ind), Bahadur Singh Chowdhary (Ind), Raj Singh (Ind), Rajan Jamwal (Ind),Sanjeev Kumar(Ind) and Kuldeep Kumar (Ind). To ensure free and fair polls, the Election Commission has deputed macro and micro observers in addition to webcasting, videography and deployment of flying squads for the fourth phase.
Posted on: Sat, 13 Dec 2014 15:12:12 +0000