New PM and Economic Needs Drive Indian Kashmir Voter Turnout

November 25, 2014 by DC Editors Leave a Comment

Unusual spike in Indian Kashmir voter turnout election — Kashmiris stand in queue to cast their votes outside a polling station during the first phase of voting to the Jammu and Kashmir state assembly elections at Shadipora, outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Tuesday, Nov. 25, 2014. Thousands lined up to cast their votes amid a boycott call by Muslim separatist groups who reject India’s sovereignty over the disputed Himalayan region. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan)

Unusual spike in Indian Kashmir voter turnout driven by deep changes in growing India and beyond

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(Reuters) – Voters lined up at polling stations in Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday, ignoring a boycott call by separatists, to elect an assembly that the ruling nationalists are hoping to take control of for the first time. Parliamentary elections in Jammu and Kashmir, disputed between India and Pakistan, are usually marked by the country’s lowest…

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