Leaders from various parties alleged on Monday, the fifth anniversary of the abrogation of Article 370, that police officers arrived at their homes , preventing them from leaving.

The proxy parties performed poorly in their constituencies, with Apni Party’s Zafar Iqbal Manhas receiving only 13.86 per cent of the votes Anantnag, and DPAP’s Mohammad Saleem Paray securing just 2.49 per cent. In Srinagar..

Peoples Conference President Sajad Gani Lone said that his party will reconcile with the youngsters engaged in stone-pelting incidents in Kashmir and work to get the cases against them dropped.

Prominent candidates here include former chief minister and vice president of the National Conference Omar Abdullah; JK People’s Conference chief Sajad Gani Lone, People’s Democratic Party candidate Mir Mohammad Fayaz, and the jailed Abdul Rashid Sheikh.

Party chief Altaf Bukhari announced the support for Lone during a press conference, days after Lone had sought his help to consolidate the anti-National Conference votes in the constituency.