Kashmir votes after special status scrapped

By Agence France-Presse

Sep 19, 2024 12:12 am

SRINAGAR, India — Indian-administered Kashmir began voting on Wednesday in the first local elections after the cancellation of its special semiautonomous status sparked fury in the troubled Himalayan territory, which is also claimed by Pakistan.

Many in the disputed Muslim-majority territory of 8.7 million registered voters remain bitter over the 2019 order by the Hindu-nationalist government of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to impose control from New Delhi.

ELECTORAL EXERCISE Voters line up to cast their ballots at a polling station in the town of Shopian, Kashmir region, on Sept. 18, 2024. AFP PHOTO

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