Srinagar, Oct 04 (KNS): A Congress candidate from north Kashmir’s Kupwara district on Thursday demanded shifting of a local polling station from the already existing place.
According to KNS correspondent, Fayaz Hameed, Rafiq Ahmad Dar, a congress candidate from ward 11 of Kupwara district said that PDP and NC have fielded their proxy candidates from Kupwara.
“I was threatened by the local PDP workers as I am contesting the elections against the brother of a PDP leader Fayaz Ahmad Mir.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp ChannelThe polling station is nearer to the residence of Mir and I want the polling booth to be shifted from the place,” he said.
He said that his agents are also refusing to visit the polling booth in view of the threats. “I approached to the concerned Deputy Commissioner (DC) Kupwara in this regard but he rejected the demands, saying it cannot be shifted to other place,” he said. (KNS)