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Anantnag counting begins, Mehbooba Mufti's fate to be decided today

by IBNS 24 Jun 2016, 10:49 pm

Srinagar, June 25 (IBNS) The fate of Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti will be decided on Saturday as counting is currently going on for South Kashmir's Anantnag assembly constituency where she is contesting.

According to reports, the Chief Minister is leading after the first round of counting.

Voting for the by-election took place on Wednesday.

Mufti, who became Chief Minister without being a member of the state legislature, has to get elected to the Assembly within six months of being swron-in.

Apart from Mufti, a candidate of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),  seven other candidates, including those from the Congress and the National Conference, are contesting the election.