Baramulla Constituency Prepares for Final Phase of Jammu and Kashmir Elections

Security measures were reviewed by high-ranking officials in Baramulla and Srinagar ahead of the final phase of Assembly Elections in Jammu and Kashmir. Officials expressed confidence in the arrangements made according to Election Commission guidelines. The last phase of voting is set for October 1.

Jammu and Kashmir police, alongside other security forces, supervised the security arrangements in Baramulla Assembly Constituency ahead of the final phase of Assembly Elections on October 1. Baramulla DIG Maqsood Ul Zaman assessed the preparations on Sunday and expressed satisfaction with the adherence to the Election Commission of India's (ECI) guidelines.

"This is the Baramulla Constituency distribution and collection centre. We have made the arrangements as per the ECI guidelines. Whatever the guidelines are, strictly as per those guidelines, we have made security arrangements. I have just come here to see whether those arrangements are as per the directions or not. I am quite satisfied with the arrangements we have made...," DIG Zaman told ANI. Meanwhile, Inspector General of Police (IGP) of the Kashmir Zone, VK Birdi, chaired a meeting on Sunday to review the law and order situation in Srinagar, officials said.

The meeting took place at the Police Control Room Kashmir and was attended by senior officers from the police, security forces, and intelligence agencies, including all Range DIsG of the Kashmir Zone, DIsG of CRPF South & North Srinagar, district SSPs of Kashmir Zone, SSP PCR Kashmir, SSP Traffic Rural Kashmir, SSP CID SBK, SSP Traffic City Srinagar, SSP CID CIK, SSP Security Kashmir, SP PC Srinagar, Lt Col (IS), and other officers. Elections are being held in three phases in Jammu and Kashmir.

The first phase of Assembly polls was held on September 18, while the second phase of polling occurred on September 25. The third and final phase of polling is scheduled for October 1, with the counting of votes set for October 8.

These are the first Assembly elections in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir in a decade and the first since the abrogation of Article 370.

(With inputs from agencies.)