Voters in Indian-controlled Kashmir cast ballots in fourth phase of general election

(13 May 2024)
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Srinagar, Jammu, Indian-controlled Kashmir - 13 May 2024
1. Various of people at a polling station, soldiers standing guard
2. Various of women waiting to vote
3. SOUNDBITE (Kashmiri) Latied Ahmed, local resident:
"We are voting because over the years, we have faced many difficulties. We are being governed by an administration that doesn't bother with our issues. People in large numbers are voting so that they can elect a representative who can resolve their issues."
4. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Junaid Ahmed, local resident:
"We are casting our votes with the aim that future generation will benefit, and we seek to elect new representatives who will foster developments in the region."
5. Various of people waiting to vote
6. Various of election officials registering voters
7. Various of soldiers outside the polling station ++PART MUTE++
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Jammu, Indian controlled Kashmir - 13 May 2024
8. Various of Kashmiri migrant voters waiting at polling station
STORYLINE:
Millions of Indians across 96 constituencies began casting their ballots Monday as its gigantic, six-week election edges past its halfway mark.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi is seeking a third straight term with an eye on winning a supermajority in Parliament.
People in Kashmir’s largest city, Srinagar, waited to vote. Some local residents say they were voting for a better future.
It is the first polls since Modi’s government stripped Kashmir of its semi-autonomy and took direct control of it in 2019.
Despite hailing the move as a success that would bring economic development and peace to the restive region, Modi's party is not contesting the polls in the Muslim-majority Kashmir valley, where anti-India sentiment runs deep, for the first time since 1996.
Instead, two regional parties - the National Conference and the People's Democratic Party - are the main contenders for the three seats in the valley and both are opposed to Modi's BJP.
Opposition parties say the BJP’s decision not to contest the election is in contrast to its claims and that poll results may contradict the government's narrative of success in Kashmir, which is now run by unelected government officials and bureaucrats.
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