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Election Commission now a โ€œbranch of BJPโ€, conducts polls on its signals, alleges Mehbooba Mufti

Anantnag: PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday lashed out at the Election Commission alleging that the poll body has โ€œbecome a branch of the BJPโ€, while also accusing it of conducting elections on the saffron partyโ€™s โ€œsignalsโ€.

The PDP chief alleged that the Election Commission is โ€œno longer independentโ€. โ€œThe Election Commission of India has now become a branch of the BJP. It stays silent, like when BJP campaigned on the basis of religious propaganda in Himachal Pradesh. ECI is no longer independent like it used to be. ECI conducts election on BJPโ€™s signals,โ€ Mufti said.

Himachal Pradesh recorded a voter turnout of 73.23 per cent in the assembly polls, according to data from the Election Commission till 11.30 pm on Saturday.

Solan recorded the highest voter turnout with 76.82 per cent of the voters exercising their franchise. Shimla logged a voter turnout of 69.88 per cent, according to the latest data.

Una recorded a 76.69 per cent voting percentage followed by Kullu with 76.15 per cent. Polling began at 8 am on Saturday to elect members of the assembly. The polling concluded at 5 pm.

Mufti, further slamming the Centre over the issue of Kashmiri Pandits, said that the government is there to โ€œdisrupt everythingโ€.

She also accused the BJP of gaining votes โ€œusing their (Panditsโ€™) strugglesโ€.

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โ€œThe current government is here to disrupt everything. Kashmiri Pandits have been demanding for so long to get relocated to Jammu till the time things get better in Kashmir, but they (government) stop their incomes, and rations. BJP uses their struggle to gain votes,โ€ Mufti alleged.

Earlier last month, Mufti hit out at the Centre over the recent targeted killings in the region and said Kashmiri Pandits are compelled to migrate despite the fact that the BJP is at the helm of affairs at the Centre.

โ€œTargeted killings of Kashmiri Pandits are taking place, whose government is there? The Kashmiri Pandits have been protesting in Jammu for the past six months. Today, Farooq Abdullah nor I am in power. There is a BJP government at the Centre. Why are the Kashmiri Pandits compelled to migrate?โ€ Mufti said.

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