NEW DELHI:  Voting for the fifth round of the national election began with reports of violence from West Bengal and Jammu and Kashmir. A number of high-profile candidates, including Congress chief Rahul Gandhi, his mother Sonia Gandhi, Union ministers Rajnath Singh and Rajyavardhan Rathore are up for election in the fifth of the seven phases of the Lok Sabha election today. 

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According to the latest news, militants hurled a grenade towards a polling station in south Kashmir’s Pulwama district, where polling is underway for the Anantnag Lok Sabha constituency.  No one was injured in the attack. A grenade was lobbed towards Rohmoo polling station in Pulwama but there were no reports of any casualties in the blast, a police official said. He said security forces have cordoned off the area. This was the first terrorist attack on a polling station in this Lok Sabha election in Jammu and Kashmir. 

While polling has already ended in four out of six constituencies in the state, in the last phase of elections today, the polling is being held in Ladakh and two volatile districts of Anantnag Lok Sabha seat. The polls in Anantnag LS seat are being held in three phases due to security reasons. Anantnag district went to polls on 23 April, while voting in Kulgam district took place on 29 April.

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