SRINAGAR: The J&K state election commissioner KK Sharma on Monday said the security is adequate with additional forces deployed to ensure free, fair, and smooth DDC elections.
The first ever district development council (DDC) polls in the UT are scheduled to commence from November 26 and results will be announced on December 22.
Addressing a press conference here, Sharma said the additional forces have come from outside and they are being deployed in districts while a few more are on way to Kashmir.
“There will be a very comfortable security environment for the smooth conduct of polls in J&K, especially Kashmir,” Sharma said.
He said candidates lodged in cluster accommodation are not barred from campaigning.
“Those who claim they are not being allowed to go for campaign should write to me and at the same time to the SSPs and deputy commissioners of the districts concerned, as every candidate will get security cover for their campaign,” he said.
Sharma said he received a letter from the PAGD chairman, Farooq Abdullah, in this regard.
“The issue was taken up with the divisional administration and will be sorted out. I reiterate that no candidate is barred from campaigning,” he said.