India votes: Kashmir poll sees highest turnout since 1996

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India-administered Kashmir held its first election since Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government stripped the region of autonomy in 2019. Polling was conducted in Srinagar with data from India's Election Commission indicating that voter turnout was 37.9 per cent - the highest since 1996.

India-administered Kashmir held its first election since Prime Minister Narendra Modi 's government stripped the region of autonomy in 2019. Polling was conducted in Srinagar with data from India's Election Commission indicating that voter turnout was 37.9 per cent - the highest since 1996. Analysts see it as a rejection of the government's policy on the region and a bid by locals to get their voices heard through the ballot box. Neha Poonia reports.

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