Voting Begins For Hill Council Elections In Ladakh, 1st Key Poll Since Article 370 Scrapping
NDTV
The polls for the hill development council are being viewed as a litmus test for the Centre's decision of scrapping article 370 and demoting Ladakh to a union territory, over four years ago.
Voting has begun for the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council elections in Kargil, the first key poll to be conducted in Ladakh as Union Territory (UT) after Article 370 was scrapped in August 2019.
As many as 85 candidates are in the fray for 26 seats in the Ladakh Autonomous Hill Development Council in Kargil.
Ahead of the elections, mock polls were conducted at the polling stations. "We have a total of 278 polling stations. Police arrangements have been made to carry out free and fair elections. Out of the 278 stations, 114 are hyper-sensitive and 99 are sensitive polling stations," Shrikant Balasaheb Suse, Deputy Commissioner Kargil said.
