Low turn out as voting on in h-Kashmir

SRINAGAR: Voters trickled in slowly in held Kashmir where polling for the seventh and last phase of the elections on Wednesday was underway amid protests and a boycott call by Hurriayat Conference.

Most polling stations in the eight constituencies of Srinagar district recorded very low voter turnout during the first two hours.

In Hazratbal and Sonawar constituencies, from where patron of the regional National Conference (NC) party and former chief minister Farooq Abdullah is contesting, only three percent of the electorate had cast its vote in the first two hours.

The occupation authorities have sealed all the roads leading to the Srinagar city to thwart the Lal Chowk March.

Hundreds of people took to streets in protest against polls drama at Batamaloo, Fateh Kadal, Habba Kadal, Qamarwari, Nawakadal, Barzalla, Tankipora, Chatabal and Nawab Bazar areas.

The authorities continued to keep under house arrest the APHC Chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and senior Hurriyet leaders, Syed Ali Gilani, Maulana Abbas Ansari, Agha Syed Hassan al-Moosvi, Fazl Haq Qureshi, Yasmeen Raja and Mian Abdul Qayoom.

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