Scores of displaced Kashmiri Pandits in Jammu faced disappointment on Monday during the fourth phase of Lok Sabha elections as their names were absent from the electoral rolls, rendering them unable to cast their votes.

Despite braving scorching heat, many Kashmiri Pandits lined up at special polling stations in Jammu, only to be turned away without exercising their franchise.

Even in Srinagar, Kashmiri Pandits comprise just three per cent of the total 17.4 lakh voters in Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency, but 38.73 per cent of the total 16,338 "mapped" Kashmiri Pandit migrant voters cast their votes at special polling stations set up in Jammu on Monday, to assert that "we too exist somewhere and want the Valley become a better place for the youth living there".

Officials said the figure was three times the nearly 2,500 migrant voters who cast their votes in Srinagar LS constituency in the 2019 polls.

But especially in Jammu, the community expressed frustration inspite of being in queues for long hours in the heat.

The Pandits still feel a void, whether it's in Jammu or it's Srinagar, as many could not exercise their right to vote.