Stage set for tomorrow’s polling in high profile Udhampur LS seat amid high security
Jammu and Kashmir has five Lok Sabha constituencies and each one will go to polls in separate phases because of security reasons.
Mayor of Jammu and Kashmir’s Srinagar district, Junaid Azim Mattu lost the no-confidence motion on Tuesday as the motion was supported by 42 votes among the 70 councillors of the Srinagar Municipal Corporation (SMC).
In the SMC, some of the councillors owing allegiance to the National Conference (NC) and some independents also voted against him.
The NC councillors apparently did so in defiance to the whip of their party leadership to abstain from the voting process.
Advertisement
Earlier, the National Conference vice president and former Chief Minister, Omar Abdullah had made it clear that in no case his party would go along with the BJP during the voting process against the Mayor.
The vote of ‘No Confidence Motion’ against me, and the @JKPC_ has been passed in the SMC with 42 votes out of 70.
The @BJP4India, @JKNC_ and some independents have polled against the @JKPC_ and @INCIndia abstaining whip where 28 Corporators abstained.
1/n
— Junaid Azim Mattu (@Junaid_Mattu) June 16, 2020
Looking forward to spending a LOT of time with my family! Have missed out on my daughter’s sweet little milestones especially in the last 6 months due to work.
I will be writing about this and the unexpected alliance forged in SMC in due time. For now – time to kick back!
5/5
— Junaid Azim Mattu (@Junaid_Mattu) June 16, 2020
As per the reports, the dissidents against Mattu were led by former SMC Deputy Mayor, Sheikh Imran.
Junaid Azim Mattu belongs to the Peoples Conference led by Sajad Gani Lone, a former minister.
The BJP had a strength of 27 members in the Municipal Corporation had said that the party would indirectly support the vote against Mattu.
Advertisement
