Residents of Indian-controlled Kashmir are gearing up for their first regional election in a decade that will allow them to have their own truncated government, also known as a local assembly, instead of remaining under New Delhi’s direct rule.
A Kashmir i man fishes as the sun sets over the Dal Lake on a hot summer day on the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir , Thursday, July 13, 2023. Election officials hold an election awareness campaign for first time voters ahead of the upcoming state elections in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir ,Monday, Aug. 26, 2024. Indian troops are on the move in Kashmir against guerrilla forces during the second war over Kashmir on Sept. 6, 1965.
The three-phased polls will take place amid a sharp rise in rebel attacks on government forces in parts of Hindu-dominated Jammu areas that have remained relatively peaceful in the three decades of armed rebellion against Indian rule. In theory, the polls will see a transition of power from New Delhi to a newly elected local assembly with a chief minister serving as the region’s top elected official with a council of ministers, a similar setup to before 2018.
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