People's Democratic Party president and candidate for Anantnag-Rajouri Seat Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday said that outgoing calls on her mobile number have been barred without proper explanation.
"I have not been able to make any calls since morning. There is no explanation for this sudden suspension of services on the day of polling in the Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency," Mehbooba told reporters.
The former Jammu and Kashmir chief minister and two-time MP is running for Lok Sabha in the newly created Anantnag-Rajouri Lok Sabha constituency, where voting is now taking place.
Meanwhile, her party has also flagged the issue in a post on X.
"Just ahead of the polls, Ms. Mehbooba Mufti's @MehboobaMufti cellular phone service has been abruptly stopped.
Additionally, Yesterday evening and in the early hours today, scores of PDP workers and polling agents were detained across the polling belt," the post said.
Mufti, had written to the Election Commission claiming that PDP workers and polling agents were arrested by police.
"Many of our PDP polling agents & workers were being detained just before voting.
When the families went to the police stations they were told that it was being done at the behest of SSP Anantnag & DIG South Kashmir.
We've written to @ECISVEEP hoping for their timely intervention," the PDP chief had said in a post on X.
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