The 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.
‘Makes my blood boil’: Thousands of dollars in tools stolen in broad daylightGet ready to travel this fall with these Insider DealsPolling officials carry electronic voting machines and other election material to a venue for distribution, in Pulwama south of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. 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.
The second and third phases are scheduled for Sept. 25 and Oct. 1 in a process that is staggered to allow troops to move around to stop potential violence. Votes will be counted on Oct. 8, with results expected that day. The vote is the first in a decade, and the first since Modi’s Hindu nationalist government in 2019 scrapped theand downgraded the former state to a federally governed territory. It was also divided into two federal territories, Ladakh and Jammu-Kashmir, ruled directly by New Delhi, allowing it to appoint administrators to run the territories along unelected bureaucrats and security personnel.
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