DAILY EXCELSIOR, JAMMU WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24, 2019 (PAGE 5) 64.66 per cent cast vote in third phase Non migrant Pandits seek benefits of LS polls; one killed in Bengal of PM package, HC issues notice NEW DELHI, Apr 23: SP patron Mulayam Singh in Murshidabad Lok Sabha con- Excelsior Correspondent cial respondent side another extend concessions and facilities Yadav’s clan including him stituency, police sources said. communication / reminder dated provided to the Kashmiri A high voter turnout was besides senior party leader Azam Congress candidate of SRINAGAR, Apr 23: High 01.03.2019 was forwarded to Migrants to the Kashmiri Pandit recorded in the third and largest Khan and actor and BJP candidate Murshidabad Lok Sabha seat Abu Court today sought response to Ministry of Home Affairs and Community living in Kashmir phase of Lok Sabha elections Jaya Prada. Mulayam’s brother Hena claimed Tiyarul was a party the plea filed by non-migrant Ministry of Human Resource Valley comprising of less than today covering 116 constituencies Shivpal Yadav and nephews worker and was killed by TMC pandit community seeking bene- Development wherein it is sub- 3500 souls on the grounds that fit of Prime Minister's package amid complaints of EVM mal- Dharmendra Yadav and Akshay cadres. CEO SASB chairing a meeting on Tuesday. mitted that due to non-action on in Kashmir, other than Kashmiri functioning in many states and Yadav are also contesting. The Election Commission formulated for Kashmiri the representation loss of time Pandits, qualify for Government killing of a man outside a booth in There were complaints of sought a report from the migrants. and loss of opportunity has Concessions for better education West Bengal. EVM malfunctioning at some Murshidabad District Magistrate. CEO discusses arrangements The petition filed by caused to the deserving candi- and other related benefits under Election Commission officials booths and were attended to, Chief According to the latest data Kashmir Pandit Sangarsh Samiti dates / students belonging to the "Central / State Minority, in Delhi put the voting percentage Electoral Officer L Venkateshwar available from the Election for Shri Amarnath Ji Yatra through Sanjay Tickoo by his non-migrant Kashmiri Pandit Quota" or "SC/ST Quota" or any at 64.66. Final figures are likely to Lu said in Lucknow. Commission, an estimated 61 per counsel Saleem Gupkari has families living in Kashmir. other "Reserved Quota" and in change as queues of voters were The Samajwadi Party lodged a cent polling was recorded in Excelsior Correspondent been treated as Public Interest It is said that the addition to that the Kashmiri seen at several centres even after complaint over the alleged mal- Odisha, 78.97 per cent in West Litigation as the single bench of Parliamentary Standing Pandits who had to leave JAMMU, Apr 23: Principal Secretary to Governor and Chief High Court said the reliefs the scheduled time for voting functioning of EVMs with the Bengal, 71.47 per cent in Assam, Executive Officer, Shri Amarnathji Shrine Board, Umang Narula Committee of Home Affairs Kashmir Valley in early 1990's ended. Election Commission, terming it 54.91 per cent in Bihar and 77.28 sought in the petition are in larg- through its recommendations in wake of civil disturbances in today chaired a meeting of heads of various departments to discuss er public interest and not Polling was also held in criminal negligence. per cent in Tripura. arrangements for Shri Amarnath Yatra 2019. had agreed to the fact that the Kashmir Valley are also eligible Anantnag seat in Jammu and At a booth in Etah, the presid- Voting was also held in in 42 restricted to any individual. condition of 4000 Kashmiri for Government Concessions The meeting was attended by Divisional Commissioner The Division Bench of Kashmir which saw a turnout of ing officer was removed after peo- assembly constituencies in Jammu, Sanjeev Verma, IGP Jammu, M K Sinha, Deputy Pandits living in the Valley is under "Kashmiri Migrant 13.61 per cent. Elections for this ple accused him of forcing them to Odisha. Justice Ali Mohammad Magrey pathetic and further more it was Quota" leaving along 808 Non Commissioner Jammu, Ramesh Kumar, Commissioner JMC, and Justice Tashi Rabstan today seat are being conducted in three cast their votes in favour of the SP. In the third phase of the gener- Vikas Sharma, Director Tourism Jammu, Director Health Services also expressed that some special Migrant Kashmiri Pandit / phases. SP leader Ahmed Nafis was al elections, polling is being held issued notice to Government of budgetary provision must be left Kashmiri Hindu families with- Jammu, Chief Engineers of PHE, M&RE, PWD(R&B), members India as also to State With today polling, voting has taken into custody for some hours in six Lok Sabha seats in Odisha, of civil society and senior functionaries of concerned departments for fulfilling genuine need of out any benefit or Government been held in 302 Lok Sabha con- in Kasganj in Etah after authorities four in Assam, five seats each in Government. housing, employment and gen- Concessions for providing their while DC, Kathua, Ramban and Udhampur attended the meeting Court directed both the coun- stituencies apart from Anantnag. anticipated breach of peace. Bihar and West Bengal and a lone through video conferencing. eral living. kiths and kinds better education In Gujarat, a turnout of 58.96 SP MP Dharmendra Yadav, constituency in Tripura. sels for filing of response to the The petitioner-Samiti in so that they can survive and A threadbare discussion was held regarding various contentions raised in the PIL per cent was registered till 5 pm who is seeking re-election from Polling process was briefly arrangements for the yatra including accommodation, securi- view of the two parliamentary enable themselves to upgrade for the 26 seats. Badaun, lodged a complaint hampered with reports of EVM with a period of four weeks. standing reports had represented and rehabilitate themselves in ty, traffic arrangements, water, power, food, hygiene and san- Petitioner-Samiti submits Key political leaders, includ- against state minister Swami malfunctioning in some states, and itation etc. with the official respondents to Kashmir valley. the arrest of two polling agents of that two representations one to the ruling BJP in Tripura, an elec- Minister for Human Resource Open garbage dumping along Basohli-Bani tion official said. JKPSA holds protest, projects demands Development and other to Prime Bombs were reportedly hurled Excelsior Correspondent vided to MLAs/MLCs/Ministers at Minister and Home Minster outside a booth in Balurghat seat JAMMU, Apr 23: Jammu and the rate of Rs 10000 per month. He jointly have been submitted for Road mocks Govt's 'Swachh Bharat' slogan extending concessions and facil- of West Bengal, leading to com- Kashmir State Pensioners’ appealed Governor Satya Pal Malik Excelsior Correspondent view point which collapsed 2 ities provided to Kashmiri motion, he said, adding, central Association today held one day sit- to raise the medical allowance of year after its construction. Due migrants to the Kashmiri Pandit forces also allegedly baton in-protest against Government’s pensioners from Rs 300 to Rs JAMMU, Apr 23: Hardly to the stinking environment one (non-migrants) living in the val- charged a mob in Suti area of apathy towards pensioners’ prob- 30000 per month. 200 meters away from the cannot pass through the road ley. Jangipur. lems. Yash Paul Sanson demanded courts, police station and the without covering his nose or It is pleaded that despite Among the prominent candi- ID Soni, Director, Scouts and that all pensioners be exempted bus stand Basohli, there are using mask. The dumpers dump nearly one year having elapsed dates in the fray in Odisha are BJP Guide, was the chief guest while from Income Tax as they are not heaps of garbage, organs of the the town garbage there at the and total inaction from the offi- national spokesperson Sambit Mukund Lal Sharma, president of getting any income, their pension is slain animals, feathers and instance of the Municipal Patra and Odisha Congress chief the Association, presided over the a sort of compensation for the serv- Council Basohli. PM Narendra Modi, former PM Manmohan Singh and BJP Reasons to stop Niranjan Patnaik, while in Bihar, The crows and the chief Amit Shah showing signs of casting votes. Loktantrik Janata Dal chief Sharad cross LoC trade dogs pick up the ing Prime Minister Narendra Prasad Maurya, claiming he was Yadav and state minister Dinesh intestines and the car- Modi, BJP president Amit Shah, campaigning in the constituency Chandra Yadav are contesting the untenable: Soz casses from the heaps party veteran L K Advani, Union for his daughter and BJP candidate polls. Excelsior Correspondent and drop in and Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and Sanghmitra Maurya. The electoral battle in West around the bus stand Congress leader Ahmed Patel cast A turnout of 57.01 was record- Bengal for the third phase features SRINAGAR, Apr 23: and the courts. Many their votes at different places in the ed at the end of voting hours sitting MPs and TMC candidates - Veteran Congress leader from times the locals state. Shah is contesting from across 14 Lok Sabha constituen- Arpita Ghosh from Balurghat and Kashmir, Prof Saif-ud-Din Soz apprised the adminis- Gandhinagar seat. cies in Maharashtra. State BJP Mausam Benazir Noor from has said that Govt of India's tration regarding the The polling percentage was president Raosaheb Danve (Jalna) Maldaha Uttar - Congress leader reasons for stopping the cross problem verbally and 70.28 by 5 PM in Kerala from where and NCP chief Sharad Pawar’s Pranab Mukherjee’s son Abhijit State Government pensioners during a protest at Jammu on LoC trade between Srinagar in writing but all fell Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, party daughter Supriya Sule (Baramati) from Jangipur and BJP’s Tuesday.