The main contenders in the Muslim-majority region are local parties, the National Conference and the People's Democratic Party (PDP), who will contest each other, but oppose PM Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party.
The main contenders in the Muslim-majority region are local parties, the National Conference and the People's Democratic Party , who will contest each other, but oppose PM Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party.Residents and human rights groups have accused Indian security forces of atrocities in Indian-administered Kashmir/ Photo: Reuters
Analysts and opposition parties say the BJP decided to skip contesting the election because the outcome is likely to contradict Modi's narrative of a peaceful, more integrated Kashmir since he removed the region's semi-autonomous status in 2019 and brought it under New Delhi's control. Modi says his 2019 decision brought normalcy to Indian-administered Kashmir after decades of bloodshed and that he will bring investments and jobs soon.
Ravinder Raina, the chief of the Kashmir unit of the BJP, said the party's decision to skip the election was part of a broader strategy, although he declined to give specifics. "But it is like a spring. Right now they have crushed it. But who knows when will it burst open again," he said. In the May 2019 general election, the BJP contested all three seats in Kashmir, losing them to Abdullah's National Conference. This year, BJP is contesting the two seats in Jammu and one in Ladakh, all of which it had won in 2019.
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