Kashmir Votes, and India Hails It as Normalcy in a Dominated Region
India’s ruling party worked to make Kashmir’s rural development council elections a showcase. But a visit by Times reporters showed a place still struggling under heavy-handed rule.
An Indian soldier stood guard outside a polling station in Kashmir’s northern Bandipora district during its first local election since the government’s crackdown.Credit.Showkat Nanda for The New York Times
Published Dec. 22, 2020Updated Dec. 30, 2020
SRINAGAR, Kashmir Votes were counted on Tuesday in the first local elections in Kashmir since the Indian government waged a harsh political and security crackdown in the restive region last year. Officials hailed a solid turnout as a sign that democracy has been restored, but little in Kashmir feels normal.
Detained PDP Youth Leader Wins Election From Pulwama, Mehbooba Hopes For Justice
PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti says Parra’s win entails trust people repose in her party despite being hounded by the ruling BJP with false cases. Twitter Naseer Ganai 2020-12-22T16:02:39+05:30 Detained PDP Youth Leader Wins Election From Pulwama, Mehbooba Hopes For Justice outlookindia.com 2020-12-22T16:12:08+05:30
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People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leader Waheed ur Rehman Para, who was arrested by the National Investigation Agency (NIA), today won the District Development Council polls from Pulwama.
PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti said Parra’s win entails trust people repose in her party despite being hounded by the ruling BJP with false cases.
Jammu & Kashmir DDC polls: Gupkar Alliance fields 220 candidates, BJP 183 and Apni Party 134
The eight-phase elections for the 280 territorial constituencies in 20 districts (10 each in Kashmir and Jammu) was also the first electoral exercise carried out in Jammu and Kashmir since the constitutional changes revoking the former state’s special status took shape. December 22, 2020 12:28:42 pm
Residents stand in a queue to cast their votes outside a polling station during the eight and last phase of the District Development Council (DDC) elections, at Pattan in Baramulla (PTI)
Counting of over 30 lakh ballots is underway for the first-ever District Development Council elections held across the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The eight-phase elections for the 280 territorial constituencies in 20 districts (10 each in Kashmir and Jammu) was also the first electoral exercise carried out in Jammu and Kashmir since the constitutional changes re
Night before DDC counting, several leaders detained in J&K
A dozen people had been injured in clashes at different places in Mendhar during the eighth phase of DDC polls on Saturday. Updated: December 22, 2020 8:06:04 am
The DDC polls are the first electoral process in J&K since the scrapping of its special status. (PTI)
A day before the counting of votes for the District Development Council (DDC) elections, the PDP claimed detention of three of its senior leaders Monday. While the police were silent on the matter, PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti called the action “out and out gunda raj”, and said it showed the BJP was trying to “manipulate” the results.
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