Anantnag: The controversial action by ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti in lifting the veil of a woman-voter at a polling booth in Srinagar last week received a hint of disapproval from her father and Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed.

"It is the right of every citizen... if there is any bogus voting, we should check it. But the only thing is may be she (Mehbooba) was not authorised to do it (lift veil)," Sayeed told NDTV in Anantnag after casting his vote.

"...She says the woman who was supposed to be a voter was not a genuine voter," he said, quoting his daughter and added, however, that "it is the institution which matters, the Election Commission of India, and law should take its own course. We welcome it (EC decision)."

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Earlier he told reporters, "Investigation will be carried out into the incident and action taken accordingly."

Mehbooba had stirred a controversy when she lifted the veil of a burqa-clad woman voter at a polling booth in Srinagar on April 26.

A case was registered against her for intimidating a voter over the action on the directions of the Election Commission yesterday.