Amit Shah appealed to the people of J&K to vote in large numbers to form a government committed to youth education. File | Photo Credit: PTI
Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Wednesday (September 18, 2024) appealed to the people of Jammu and Kashmir to vote in large numbers to form a government committed to youth education, employment, women empowerment and ending segregation.
Mr. Shah also said that only a strong-willed government can build a fear-free Jammu and Kashmir, protect the rights of citizens there, and speed up development work.
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“Today, my appeal to the voters who will exercise their power in the first phase of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections is to vote in large numbers to form a government committed to education of the youth, employment, empowerment of women and ending division and discrimination in the region,” the BJP leader wrote on X in Hindi .
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The Home Minister also asked people to vote before having breakfast saying ‘Pehle matdan phir jalpan’.
Voting began for the Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir on Wednesday (September 18), for the first time since the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019, as 24 constituencies spread across seven states of the Union Territory went to the polls in Phase 1 amid tight security arrangements.
The last Assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir were held in 2014.
More than 23 lakh voters will decide the fate of 219 candidates, including 90 independents, who contested 24 assembly segments in the first phase.
The other two phases are scheduled for September 25 and October 1, while the counting of votes will take place on October 8.
Published – September 18, 2024 08:27 am IST