Jammu/Srinagar: On the eve of first phase of polling in 15 assembly constituencies of seven districts of Jammu and Kashmir, poll staff and security forces reached all the 1,787 polling stations in these constituencies last evening.
District election officers told IANS in Ganderbal, Bandipora, Leh, Kargil, Kishtwar, Ramban and Doda districts of the state last evening that all polling stations have been fully secured by an adequate number of security forces. “Poll staff, sector magistrates and polling material including EVMs etc have reached all the 1,787 polling stations where voters will exercise franchise tomorrow.
“The polling staff is staying at the polling stations over the night and all these polling stations have been secured by security forces”, a senior official of the state poll panel said. IANS
