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Vajpayee voices satisfaction
over Ist phase J&K election

Devidas Gupta in Zurich

Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Monday voiced satisfaction over the peaceful conduct of the first phase of assembly election in Jammu and Kashmir.

"It [the election] was free and fair with a reasonably good [voter] turnout," he said in Zurich, where he arrived on his way back from a five-day visit to New York.

Vajpayee spoke over the phone to J&K Governor G K Saxena and inquired about the election, official sources said.

Vajpayee will leave for New Delhi on Tuesday.

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