SRINAGAR: As polling for the Srinagar-Pulwama constituency began this morning with serpentine queues outside some polling stations this morning, fresh allegations of harassment of political party workers and activists continued to pour in.
Taking to X, Peoples Democratic Party leader, Naeem Akhtar, tweeted that Ashiq Hussain Rather, the party’s election agent for polling station Government Higher Secondary School, Dadasura (A) was arrested by Awantipora police from his house around mid-night.
PDP candidate, Waheed Para, also appealed to the Election Commission through his tweet, alleging harassment by officials at various places by dismissing duly signed agent slips from the party’s chief agent, Mohit Bhan, which he said was causing unwarranted problems to their polling agents.
Earlier, National Conference candidate, Ruhulla Mehdi also tweeted, “the village in Pulwama where my colleague and Pulwama constituency incharge Khaleel Bandh sb resides, is suddenly surrounded by the forces and CASO launched in the village a night prior to polling day. If the reports from my colleagues are to be believed, some arrests are also taking.”
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