Kashmir Polls
Gupkar Alliance takes thin lead over BJP as results of Kashmir local polls coming out
Jammu/IBNS: The Gupkar Alliance formed by two regional parties took a thin lead over the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) as the results of the Jammu and Kashmir local polls are coming out.
As per the initial trends, the alliance is ahead in 11 seats while BJP in eight and Congress in two.
The alliance is formed by Farooq Abdullah's National Conference (NC) and Mehbooba Mufti's Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), which is also the BJP's former ally.
The District Development Council (DDC) polls are the first electoral contest in the newly-formed union territory after Jammu and Kashmir was stripped of its special status on Aug 5.
The results will be viewed as a referendum on the scrapping of Articles 370 and 35A by the BJP-led central government.
The elections were held in 280 seats in eight phases over a period of 25 days.
The alliance was formed by the NC and PDP in protest against the withdrawal of the special status.
"With each vote, we are celebrating the burst of a bubble which for a long time had surrounded the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Today each vote that is counted is the certificate of rejection to the whole certificate poison of terrorism propagated by Pakistan in Kashmir. The people have voted and chosen to show Pakistan where it stands," Jammu and Kashmir Workers Party president Mir Junaid said.
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