PDP files complaint with EC

The Jammu and Kashmir People’s Democratic Party (PDP) has lodged a complaint with the Election Commission on the deployment of large number of contingents of SPOs for poll duty in Anantnag parliamentary constituency going to polls tomorrow (April 30).

Expressing its apprehensions, a party press statement noted that the State government’s move of deploying such a large contingent of temporary police force, locally known as SPOs on poll duty, is not at all understandable.

It further said that these SPOs are neither fully trained nor armed to deal with any law and order situation, there seem to be some suspicious intention behind the Government’s move of deploying SPOs in the Anantnag parliamentary constituency for election duties.

Asking for immediate review of security scenario, the PDP contesting candidate Peer Mohammad Hussain said in his complaint to EC: “Our party has already expressed its apprehensions regarding the intentions of the State Government and several instances of the misuse of official machinery by the Jammu & Kashmir Government have already been brought into your notice.’