“He is bad in Mathematics”: JP Nadda after Omar Abdullah blamed Centre for low voter turnout in second phase of J&K polls
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News Mania Desk /Sohom Chatterjee/ 28th September 2024
The second phase of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly election was held on September 25, Wednesday. On September 26, Thursday, National Conference Vice President Omar Abdullah claimed that the central government is ‘partially responsible’ for the ‘lower voter turnout’. He stated, “I was hoping for a little more turnout. Because there was no call for the boycott. There were no attacks. There was no attempt to suppress and threaten the voters. But I think the central government is also partially responsible for this situation. They have tried to present high turnout as a sign of normalcy at different places.”
However, Abdullah’s statement was criticised by Union Minister JP Nadda as he denied his claim, saying “he is bad in mathematics.”
Speaking at a press conference, JP Nadda said, “If one wants to see the poll percentage, it used to be 6 to 8 per cent but today it is 58 to 60 per cent. If he was bad in mathematics, what could I do? There was 60 per cent voting in the first phase and 58 per cent in the second phase.”
The Election Commission of India confirmed via a press release that at the end of the polling, the recorded turnout was 57.31 percent. The ECI also said that Budgam recorded 62.98 percent voter turnout till 11.45 pm, Ganderbal recorded 62.51 percent voter turnout, Poonch recorded 73.80 percent voter turnout, Rajouri recorded 70.95 percent voter turnout, Reasi recorded 74.70 percent voter turnout and Srinagar recorded 29.81 voter turnout.
The third and final phase of J&K elections will be taking place on October 1. October 8 has been selected as the day of counting the votes for the first election of J&K after the abolition of Article 370.
