Lok Sabha polls top updates: High turnout in Kashmir reflects anger about Article 370, says Mufti

Peoples Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti on Monday said the high voter turnout in Kashmir in the fourth and fifth phase of the Lok Sabha elections reflected the anger towards the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution.

Meanwhile, a polling agent of the Shiv Sena (Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray) was found dead on the premises of a polling booth in Mumbai’s Worli area.

And, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Tuesday that he does not have any successor and the people of the country were his successors.

Here is a look at today’s top developments:

• Mufti said on Monday that voters in Jammu and Kashmir were angry at the Union government for abrogating Article 370 of the Constitution that gave special status to the erstwhile state. “They firmly believe that we are living in a democracy and can convey our message through ballots that what was done in 2019 was not acceptable to us,” she told reporters during an election rally in Anantnag-Rajouri, where she is contesting the Lok Sabha polls on May 25. Polling in the constituency was initially scheduled to take place on May 7 and was postponed by the Election Commission.

  Mufti’s statement came against the backdrop of the Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency recording a voter turnout of 38% on May...

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