Campaigning for Anantnag bypoll to end today

June 20, 2016 08:13

The low-key campaigning for bypoll to Anantnag Assembly seat in Jammu and Kashmir, from where Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti is contesting, will end today.

Mehbooba has only held a few meetings as part of her campaign to retain the seat for her party. Her father Mufti Mohammad Sayeed had won the seat in 2014.

His death on January 7 this year necessitated the by-election.

She is banking on the support extended by the people of the south Kashmir region to her Peoples Democratic Party since it came into existence in 1998.

The chief minister has not conducted any major rallies and is relying this time on some of the "trusted aides" to connect with the voters.

Roads and Buildings Minister Abdul Rehman Veeri, a trusted lieutenant of the Muftis, and Sartaj Madni -- Mehbooba's maternal uncle -- are camping in Anantnag to oversee the electioneering. PDP chief spokesperson Mehboob Beg, who has represented Anantnag twice in the past on National Conference ticket, will also be a key factor.

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