Tough Triangular Battle In Srinagar

Srinagar: Leaders of all political parties made a lastditch effort to woo voters as campaigning for the Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency in Jammu and Kashmir ended on Saturday.

The constituency goes to the polls on May 13.

ATwenty-four candidates are in the fray from the constituency, which has been represented by three generations of Abdullahs.

The National Conference has fielded influential Shia leader Aga Syed Ruhullah Mehdi while youth leader Waheed Para is contesting on a People's Democratic Party ticket. The Apni Party has fielded Ashraf Mir.

The authorities have set up 2,135 polling booths for the constituency's 17.44 lakh eligible voters.

The re-drawn constituency covers 18 assembly segments, spread over the districts of Srinagar and Ganderbal and parts of

s the political battleground heats up in Srinagar, one of Jammu and Kashmir's pivotal constituencies, the upcoming elections witness a fierce triangular contest among the National Conference (NC), People's Democratic Party (PDP), and the recently emerged Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (DPAP). Ahead of the campaign closure on Saturday, all parties are leaving no stone unturned to sway voters in their favor.

With parliamentary elections for Srinagar segment scheduled on Monday, the Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) Jammu and Kashmir Pandurang K. Pole on Friday said that they have designated 18 polling booths in Srinagar Parliamentary Constituency as “Pink Polling Stations” for women, entirely managed by the females. The CEO said that in order to encourage female voters to cast their votes, they have established some “Pink Polling Stations,” where entire management will be with females.