Restive Kashmir Prepares for Long-Stalled Elections
First polls since Delhi revoked autonomous status
By: Majid Maqbool
Upcoming local assembly elections in the Jammu and Kashmir region – the first in 10 years – are also the first since August 5, 2019, when the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party government in New Delhi revoked the autonomous status of the former state and unilaterally downgraded it into two union territories. As such, the outcome will provide…
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