New Delhi, Sept 16: Of the 55 Kashmiri migrants registered to vote in the two special polling stations set up in the national capital, seven voters exercised their franchise just hours after they were opened, poll officials said here today.
In all 48 migrants had registered their names in the Jammu and Kashmir House and another seven in the Tis Hazari Courts, where the Election Commission has decided to set up special polling stations.
Of those registered with the J and K House here, only seven turned up for voting till 1100 IST (0530 GMT), the officials said.
However, two migrants Omkar Nath Sharma, General Secretary of Kashmiri Migrants Coordination Committee and A K Kachru, who came first to vote had to return disappointed as their names were not in the voters list. Kachru said that the list contained the name of his father, who died five years ago.
In order to ensure that all the Kashmiri migrants were able to vote, the Commission has drawn up a scheme enabling the migrants from the valley to vote in person and set up special polling stations in six places in Jammu, one in Udahampur and two in Delhi. Bureau Report