A record number of panchayat members today participated in the elections to two seats of the Legislative Council from the panchayat quota in the Kashmir division. Of the 12 districts, Srinagar, which has only one rural block comprising 89 panchayat members, recorded 100 per cent polling.
The polling was held at the respective block headquarters amid tight security. There were no reports of any untoward incidents from any part of the Valley. While Srinagar recorded the highest number of votes, Leh and Kargil districts in the Ladakh region recorded the lowest.
Panchayat members travelled long distances to exercise their franchise, cutting across party affiliations. In many cases, panchayat members reached the polling stations in groups.
The elections were held under tight security amid a boycott call by the hardline Hurriyat Conference led by Syed Ali Geelani. Braving the morning chill and the boycott call, the panchayat members, who were elected on a non-party basis early in 2011, converged on the polling stations in each of the blocks across the 12 districts, including 10 districts of the Kashmir valley and two districts of Leh and Kargil in the Ladakh region.
“We have realised that this is the only chance we are going to get for the empowerment of the Panchayati Raj and that’s why we decided not to waste our votes,” said sarpanch Muhammad Ashraf Wani from the Dialgam area of Anantnag district. Some other panchayat members said they were hopeful that these elections would change things for the better.
“Hopefully, we are going to have a say in the issues related to governance at the grass-roots level and that is the reason for the high voter turnout,” said panchayat member Farooq Ahmad Bhat.
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