Defence minister blames J-K terror attacks on impressive poll figures
December 05, 2014 15:25
Defence Minister Manohar Parrikar's statement on today's terror attacks in Kashmir: Parrikar said, "It could possibly be because of the elections; we have killed three of them. Last few days, Army has been intercepting terrorists and eliminating them. I think it's a sign of increased interception by Army."
In a rerun of record polling in the first phase, a 71 per cent voter turnout was registered in the second phase of incident-free assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir. There was no incident that vitiated the poll process in the state during this phase.
In fact, immediately after the first phase of polls (71%), J-K CM Omar Abdullah had cautioned the media against using headlines that said voters defy militants. He had said it would push militants towards terror attacks.
In a rerun of record polling in the first phase, a 71 per cent voter turnout was registered in the second phase of incident-free assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir. There was no incident that vitiated the poll process in the state during this phase.
In fact, immediately after the first phase of polls (71%), J-K CM Omar Abdullah had cautioned the media against using headlines that said voters defy militants. He had said it would push militants towards terror attacks.
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