Local elections in Kashmir show strong opposition to Modi

India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party lost local elections in Jammu and Kashmir Dec. 23 to a rare local political alliance that wants to reverse the sweeping constitutional changes made to the Muslim-majority region that opened it up for greater Hindu settlement, a severe lockdown and arbitrary detentions. Kashmir-based political parties put aside their differences to form the People’s Alliance For Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), explicitly to fight the BJP.

Asia, NewsZaffar IqbalDecember 23, 2020Zaffar Iqbal, Primary Feature, Kashmir elections, BJP, votes for PAGD, PAGD, kashmir election results, People’s Alliance For Gupkar Declaration, Farooq Abdullah, Narendra Modi, Amit Shah, Hindus, Hinduism, Secondary FeatureComment

Kashmir goes to the polls for first time since India stripped autonomy

Analysts say if the election is fair, it could be a referendum on the constitutional changes made on Aug. 5 last year. But there is evidence that the Indian government is preventing local political parties from campaigning in India’s only Muslim-majority region.

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