Rouf Ahmad Lone, whose brother Umar Lone, a wanted Lashkar militant, is linked to several terror-related incidents in the Valley, exercised his right to vote in North Kashmir’s Pattan area of Baramulla district on Monday.
While casting his vote, Rouf Ahmed Lone appealed to Umar Lone to come forward and surrender for the sake of his family, his safety and welfare and for peace in the Valley.
Talking to reporters, Rouf Ahmed Lone said, "Voting is my right, so I cast my vote. I appeal to everybody to cast their vote, as developmental work will take place after that."
"Come to the polling booths and don’t waste your vote," he added.
Rouf Ahmed Lone raised his inked finger and asked his brother to give up arms and return to his family.
"I appeal to my brother Umar to surrender (before security forces). If he does so, it will be much better; he will return to his mother and family," Lone said.
In April this year, Umar’s mother also appealed to him to return to the family and surrender before the security forces for the sake of his family.
Meanwhile, the Baramulla LS constituency recorded 21.56 % voting till 11 a.m.
Omar Abdullah of National Conference, Sajad Lone of People’s Conference, and ‘Engineer’ Rasheed of Awami Ittehad Party have urged people to vote in large numbers.
People are responding as the voter turnout looks all set to cross the recently recorded 38% in the Srinagar LS polls on May 13.
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