May 4, 2011 6:44 PM

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About 81% turnout in 6th phase of J&K Panchayat elections

About 81% voters today exercised their right to franchise during the 6th phase of Panchayat elections held in 9 blocks of Jammu and Kashmir of which 5 blocks were in Jammu Division and 4 in Kashmir Valley.The polling was held to elect 320 Sarpanches and 2,320 panches. It was smooth and peaceful polling amid tight security arrangements as no major untoward incident has been reported from anywhere. Add nat top1 While, Congress today asserted that Pakistan should take concrete action to demolish the terror infrastructure on its soil before the next round of talks. Talking to reporters in New Delhi today, party spokesperson Jayanti Natrajan said that Government has adopted a steady policy to counter the menace of terrorism and urged the BJP not to politicize the critical issues related to the national security. She added that terrorism remains to be a core issue in the Indo-Pak talks.

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