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According to Chief Electoral Officer Hirdesh Kumar, Jammu and Kashmir is likely to get around 25 lakh additional voters, including outsiders, after the special summary revision of electoral rolls being held for the first time after the abrogation of Article 370.
Hirdesh Kumar, Chief Electoral Officer of J&K, has said that 20 to 25 lakh new voters, including those from outside, are likely to enrol during the summary revision in the union territory.
PDP president Mehbooba Mufti slammed Jammu and Kashmir's Chief Electoral Officer’s announcement of giving voting rights to non-locals and said that this is “the last nail in the coffin of electoral democracy.”
A change in the electoral reforms has allowed ‘non-locals’ in Jammu and Kashmir to register as voters, and the opposition is not happy.
Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah criticised the move to allow migrant workers and security forces to vote, saying it was being done to influence poll results.