Srinagar, Oct 11: The Joint Resistance Leadership on Thursday called for a complete shutdown in areas going to polls in the third phase of municipal elections on October 13.
“As in the previous two phases, people will again show their total rejection and dismissal of this farce by staying away and boycotting it completely,” a JRL statement said today.
The JRL comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik while naming the areas going to polls — Lal Chowk, Rajbagh, Ikhrajpora, Mehjoor Nagar, Natipora, Chanapora, Budshah Nagar, Bagaat Barzulla, Rawalpora, Hyderpora, Khanka-e-Moula, Maharaj Ganj, Jamia Masjid, Makhdoom Sahib, Khawaja Bazar, Aquilmir Khanyar, Rouzabal, Doulatabad, Islamyarbal, Nawab Bazar, Nawa Kadal, Safa Kadal, Rathpora, Eidgah, Palpora, Tarabal, Hajin, Sopore, Uri, Tral, Awanitpora, Mattan, Pahalgam, Aishmuqam, and Seer Hamdan – urged people of these areas to observe shutdown and stay away from polls.
