A PARMILITARY TROOPER STANDS GUARD IN BARAMULLA, 1999-09-12 (photo)

An Indian paramilitary trooper stands guard by a poster of India's Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee during an election campign in Baramulla, 54 km northwest of Srinagar the summer capital of Jammu and Kashmir September 12. Security forces have been keeping a strict vigil to thwart any designs of militants to disrupt ongoing Indian parliamentary election process in Jammu and Kashmir. One candidate of the rulling Bhartiya Janta party (BJP) along with his two security personnel was killed in a landmine explosion in Anantnag district of south Kashmir September 7. Sixteen other persons were wounded when militants made three attacks on the candidates and their supporters during election campaign in Jammu and Kashmir since last month. FK/TAN