PM Modi hails historic Block Development Council elections in J&K

On Friday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi hailed Block Development Council (BDC) elections which were conducted Highlighting huge turut in election, he also pointed out that elections were held in a very peaceful manner. PM lauded people of Jammu and Kashmir for ir “unwavering faith” in democracy at grassroots level.  

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PM thanks MPs

reafter, he congratulated all victorious candidates and observed that it marked “dawn” of new youthful leadership in region. Furrmore, PM Modi linked this development to scrapping of special status to J&K. He thanked members of Parliament for ir support of government’s legislation in this regard.  

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Successful BDC polls

BDC elections were held on Thursday, which was followed by declaration of results in evening. While independent candidates won 217 seats, BJP and Congress candidates won 81 seats and one seat respectively. On or hand, Jammu and Kashmir National Panrs Party won 8 seats. re were 26,629 electors in total across 22 districts of Jammu and Kashmir. According to J&K Electoral Officer, Shailendra Kumar, untoward incident was reported. In fact, voter turut was as high as 98.3% with Srinagar recording a 100% turut. This election was held using ballot boxes. However, parties such as National Conference (NC) and  Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) boycotted polls.

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