Vote counting for Jammu Kashmir’s District Development Council (DDC) election is underway in which the latest leads show the Farooq Abdullah-led People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration is leading in 112 seats and has won 25 so far whereas the BJP\u00a0is leading in 68 and has won eight seats till now. This is the first election in Jammu and Kashmir since the special status was scrapped by the Central government in August 2019. The state was reconstituted into a Union Territory. The elections were being held for 280 seats in eight phases over a period of 25 days. Officials in the State Election Commission said a total of 2,181 candidates including over 450 women were contesting on the 280 DDC seats.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Congress is leading in 19 seats and has bagged four seats so far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
PDP youth president Waheed Ur Rehman Para won DDC seat from Pulwama with a huge margin of votes. He was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA) on November 25, a few days after filing nomination papers as a People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) candidate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
PDP Chief Mehbooba Mufti said she is proud of Para who won his maiden election by a huge margin of votes. Despite being arrested on baseless charges right after filing his nomination people have shown their love & trust for Waheed. Hope justice prevails, she added. <\/p>\n\n\n\n