Ballots of Hope: Kashmiris Flock to Polls Amidst Safety Promises and Article 370 Discourse

Ballots of Hope: Kashmiris Flock to Polls Amidst Safety Promises and Article 370 Discourse

BJP has not fielded any candidate from Kashmir even as the local political parties – NC and PDP – are fighting a bitter contest to take on the Centre over Article 370 and statehood. Srinagar: Kashmir is witnessing historic voter turnouts in the 2024 Lok Sabha polls, the first major election to be held since Jammu & Kashmir was stripped of its special status through the abrogation of Article 370 and 35A, bifurcated (Ladakh separated), and made a Union territory in 2019. The election also follows a delimitation exercise that gave…

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