Complex voter form putting off Pandits : Anantnag bypoll

Have to fill time-consuming Form-M to prove they are migrants As Anantnag braces for the bypoll on June 22, displaced Kashmiri Hindus belonging to the constituency living in Jammu have to go through a complex process to prove they are migrants to cast their vote at a special polling booth being established for them. Community members claim that filling the Form-M introduced by the Election Commission after the exodus of 3.50 lakh Pandits in 1989-90 has always restricted their participation in the democratic process. There have been allegations that migrant…

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