THE high-stake Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency, which is going to polls in the fourth phase on May 13, is witnessing a triangular contest among NC, PDP and Apni Party, though 24 candidates are in the fray. NC's Agha Syed Ruhullah, PDP's Waheed ur Rehman Para and Apni Party's Mohammad Ashraf Mir are the key contenders in the first major electoral battle in Kashmir after the abrogation of Article 370.
Ruhullah lost his father to a militant attack in 2000. Para is facing an NIA probe into a militancy case he was arrested by NIA under UAPA case and is out on bail.
Post Article 370 abrogation, the ground situation has changed in the Valley and the focus of the polls would be the voter turnout, analysts say. The militancy violence has dropped, stone pelting stopped, separatist politics took a back seat and there has been no election boycott call.
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