Srinagar, April 23 : The CEO J&K said the Election Commission had stated that upcoming elections will be inclusive with special facilities for Persons With Disabilities, and 4-5 type of other physical disabilities like deaf and dumb, blind etc.
“Now, every Polling Station will know how many persons with disabilities it has and their voting will be facilitated with Braille option, wheel chairs and other requisite facilities. Similarly, citizens above 80 will not be required to wait in queue for casting their votes. They will be called during lean period of voting,” Pole said.
As far as Kashmiri migrant voters are concerned, their maximum number after Jammu is in New Delhi and the Relief Commissioner has held a camp there.
An AERO has also been designated in New Delhi and he has been given powers so that the migrant voters don’t face any problems in registration.
Few days back, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar had stated that ongoing Special Summary Revision in Jammu and Kashmir will not impact the schedule of Assembly elections.
He had also mentioned that there is vacuum in Jammu and Kashmir which has to be filled.
