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Indian Kashmir prepares for first local government elections in a decade
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For the first time in over a decade, elections for 90 seats in Indian-administered Kashmir's general assembly are being held. This is the first vote since Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government revoked the region's semi-autonomous status.
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Jammu and Kashmir election brings hope to restive region – DW
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Indian Kashmir prepares for first local government elections in a decade
India is organizing the first election in Jammu and Kashmir in a decade. The region's residents are cautiously optimistic amid the never-ending violence.
A three-phased election for choosing a local government in Indian-controlled Kashmir opened early Wednesday in the first such vote since Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government stripped the disputed region of its special status five years ago.
For the first time in over a decade, elections for 90 seats in Indian-administered Kashmir's general assembly are being held. This is the first vote since Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government revoked the region's semi-autonomous status.
In Indian-controlled Kashmir, residents are voting in elections that some hope will lead to restoration of the territory's statehood, which ended when it became a federally governed territory in 2019.
A phased election for choosing a local government in Indian-controlled Kashmir has opened in the first such vote since Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government stripped the disputed region of its special status five years ago.
Voters lined up outside polling stations in India’s Jammu and Kashmir to vote in the first provincial election being held in a decade in the Himalayan region.
