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It has been more than a month since voting ended in Udhampur-Doda parliamentary constituency. Retired Army Subedar Chandra Singh and Naib Tehsildar Kuldeep Singh have spent all their waking hours – if not the sleeping hours – in this time watching LED screens installed in a garage of the Government Degree College here, with only a pedestal fan to fight the heat.
As Jammu and Kashmir plus Ladakh wrap up voting for the Lok Sabha elections on Saturday – the first significant polls in the state since the abrogation of Article 370 – the three regions saw distinct polls issues. But one was common – insecurity over jobs and land, in the wake of the scrapping of the special status of the erstwhile state.
Lok Sabha Elections 2024 Phase One voting: The Udhampur Lok Sabha constituency in Jammu and Kashmir recorded nearly 58% voter turnout till 3 pm on Friday. Around 43 percent of the total electors in the constituency had cast their votes till 1 pm.
The BJP top brass will continue their campaign on Friday ahead of the first phase of the Lok Sabha polls. While Prime Minister Narendra Modi will be in Udhampur of Jammu and Kashmir, where he will address a rally around noon Union Home Minister Amit Shah will be in Madurai of Tamil Nadu.
After 15 years, the Udhampur Lok Sabha seat in Jammu and Kashmir is headed for a keen contest, with prominent leaders in the fray from the BJP and Congress.
Days after being denied a ticket for the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, a former Congress MP in Rajasthan’s Alwar and sitting parliamentarian in Assam’s Barpeta on March 15 almost simultaneously announced their exit from the party.
Famous Bollywood singer Anuradha Paudwal on Saturday joined the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in Delhi ahead of the that are scheduled to take place in April or May this year.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will visit Jammu on Tuesday to inaugurate a slew of development programmes and address a public meeting. This will be his second visit to Jammu and Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019 and becomes crucial ahead of the coming Lok Sabha polls. The PM will also interact with beneficiaries of various government schemes as part of the “Viksit Bharat Viksit Jammu” programme.