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December 24, 2020
NEW DELHI: A coalition of Kashmiri parties opposed to India’s annexation last year by the state was poised to sweep local body polls against the Bharatiya Janata Party of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, and said it was a verdict to overturn the arbitrary rule of New Delhi in the city, reports said.
In order to settle the Kashmir conflict, the Farooq Abdullah-led People’s Coalition for Gupkar Declaration, which was headed for a huge win in local polls, favoured talks between India and Pakistan.
Regional parties surged ahead in the valley in the first ever District Development Council (DDC) polls conducted in Indian Occupied Kashmir, while the BJP retained an upper hand in the Jammu region.