High voter turnout indicative of declining dynastic politics in J&K: Union Min

In a veiled dig at Peoples Democratic Party and National Conference amid the India General Elections 2024 Union Minister Jitendra Singh on Saturday said that high voter turnout in Jammu Kashmir is pointing towards a decline in the dynastic politics in the Union Territory reported ANIJitendra Singh credited the Centres initiatives for creating an atmosphere that has resulted in increased voter turnout in the Union TerritoryCredit goes to the Centre for having created a value that has enabled such a huge voter turnout which was mostly unimaginable till a few years ago as far as officially released Even in the AnantnagRajouri seat even by midday the polling was almost as much or higher than the national average And this is also I think of indication of the fact that the election so far in the Kashmir Valley particularly the last twothree decades are happening happening in a very limited atmosphere Jitendra Singh told ANIJitendra Singh further said that the limited voter turnout in the previous elections in the Valley favoured dynastic political parties hereElection after election through a limited voter turnout it did not predict the representative character of the member who was elected But perhaps it suited the dynastic political parties of Kashmir Valley because it enabled them to continue their dynasty rule generation after generation So to that extent I would rather say in a single sentence that Prime Minister Modi has given me the true sense of democracy Singh saidHigh voter turnout indicative of declining dynastic politics in Jammu and Kashmir he addedUnion Minister further credited Prime Minister Modi after District Development Councils were set up in Jammu and KashmirIt was Prime Minister Modi who for the first time introduced District Development Councils in between which were not there despite the fact that they will theyre in every other state of the country but maybe the ruling parties did not find it to their interest even though they spoke about autonomy Singh saidThis is the first general election in Jammu and Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370 on August 5 2019Election Commission on Saturday said that AnantnagRajouri Parliamentary Constituency PC has shattered voter turnout records in the sixth phase of the India General Elections 2024After record voter turnouts in Srinagar and Baramulla in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir AnantnagRajouri Parliamentary Constituency too has shattered voter turnout records with 5135 per cent recorded at 5 pm in the districts of Anantnag Poonch Kulgam and districts of Rajouri and Shopian partially the highest since 1989 ie in 35 years the poll body said in a releaseIn the fifth phase the Baramulla parliamentary constituency of Jammu and Kashmir recorded a voter turnout of 5579 per cent As per the ECI this is the highest voter turnout recorded in the constituency in the last 8 Lok Sabha elections in 35 yearsPrior to this the Srinagar constituency also recorded its highest voter turnout since 199 with over 38 per centThe voting in Jammu and Kashmir is being held in five phases The counting of votes for all Lok Sabha seats in Jammu and Kashmir and elsewhere has been scheduled for June 4With inputs from ANI