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India’s Bogus Votes For The Minor And
Underage Cast In Occupied Kashmir |
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November 24, 2008 In occupied Kashmir,
similar to the first phase of polling, bogus
voting was witnessed on Sunday in the six
constituencies of Ganderbal and Poonch
districts during the second phase of polling
and many underage people were seen casting
their votes.
Local daily newspapers reported that in these
two districts only 20 percent of the total
people had election cards issued. All the
details on several voter ID cards were almost
wrong and were based on imagination. Date of
birth mentioned in the card was incomplete.
The names of the voters in several cases were
also written wrong and so was the parentage.
An 8th class student, Showkat Ahmed Ganai cast
his vote At Barn Bugh. He said, "I was very
much disappointed when I got my voter I card.
I thought this card will be useful for me in
many ways but I was wrong. My name written on
this card is wrong. My date of birth on this
card is also wrong. This is not worth my
wallet but the dustbin".
Adil Ahmad who had come to cast vote in Lar
polling station in Ganderbal said, “I’m
reading in ninth standard. I do not know my
age but my name is in the voter list. So I
have come to vote.” Ahmad said he do not
possess voter identity proof, adding, “I have
only voter number inscribed on my palm.”
Zamrooda, who had come to vote at Watlar
polling station, said, I’m reading in 10th
standard.” She too had got her voter card
inscribed on her palm. On whether she had any
identity proof, Zamrooda said, “All I’ve is
this voter number. You can see it is written
on this chit.”
Another under-18 age girl standing in the
queue, Afroza said there are many girls of her
age and that she had also voted in the 2002
elections.
At Larson Middle School polling booth Rafiq
Ahmed Wani, a 9th class student also cast his
first vote at just 15. "I do not know the
right age for casting vote but my father told
me that I am in the list and hence I moved
ahead to cast my vote," Rafiq added.
‘Polls not substitute of
Kashmiris’ right to self-determination’
Meanwhile, the forum patronized by senior
Kashmiri Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Gilani, has
said that so-called elections in the territory
can not be a substitute of Kashmiris’ right to
self-determination.
A spokesman of the forum in a statement issued
in Srinagar said that sham polls in the
territory were nothing but an army operation.
He said that the occupation authorities were
making mockery of democratic values by
enforcing undeclared curfew in the Kashmir
Valley and conducting elections amidst heavy
deployment of Indian troops. The spokesman
strongly condemned the killing of two
civilians in troops’ firing on peaceful
demonstrators in Baramulla.
Meanwhile, the Jamaat-e-Islami Jammu and
Kashmir (JI) has said that the government of
India is conducting so-called assembly
elections in occupied Kashmir in brazen
violation of democratic norms. A JI spokesman
in a statement in Srinagar said that putting
people of the occupied territory behind the
bars for raising voice against the sham
elections, use of brute force against people
for holding protest demonstrations, imposition
of curfew and house arrest of Hurriyet leaders
speak volumes about India’s hollow claims of
being a democratic country.
The spokesman condemned the killing of
innocent protesters in Baramulla by Indian
troops’ unprovoked firing appealed the
international human rights organizations to
help stop unprecedented excesses being
committed by the troops on Kashmiris. |
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