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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(115,611 posts) Tue Sep 17, 2024, 02:21 PM Sep 17

Many in Indian-controlled Kashmir plan to vote this time to deny Modi total control

SRINAGAR, India (AP) — For decades, boycotting elections in Indian-controlled Kashmir was a sign of protest against Indian rule.

That may change on Wednesday, when many residents of the Muslim-majority region say they’re willing to use their vote in a local election to deny Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party the power to form an administration in the disputed region.

The vote is the first in a decade, and the first since Modi’s Hindu nationalist government in 2019 scrapped the region’s special status and downgraded the former state to a federally governed territory. The move — which largely resonated in India and among Modi supporters — was mostly opposed in Kashmir as an assault on its identity and autonomy.

“Boycotts will not work in this election,” said Abdul Rashid, a resident in southern Kashmir’s Shangus village. “There is a desperate need to end the onslaught of changes coming from there (India).”

https://apnews.com/article/kashmir-election-india-pakistan-conflict-4493b9cd496de1aadf1cddcb6194043d

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Many in Indian-controlled Kashmir plan to vote this time to deny Modi total control (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 17 OP

Avoiding the prosperous sections is not a good idea kansasobama Sep 17 #1

It's a long and brutal history Lulu KC Sep 17 #2

Parents there should get out of this cycle kansasobama Sep 18 #3

Have you read anything about the history of this place? Lulu KC Sep 18 #4

I know about the region kansasobama Sep 18 #5

kansasobama

(1,526 posts)

1. Avoiding the prosperous sections is not a good idea

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Tue Sep 17, 2024, 02:28 PM

Sep 17

It sounds like our South, heavily GOP and conservative, fighting progress on science, climate change and so on. Kashmir should open arms with rest of India. Yes, there are differences but work within.

Do not be like MAGA who are out be not part of the larger democracy.

Lulu KC

(4,462 posts)

2. It's a long and brutal history

Reply to kansasobama (Reply #1)

Tue Sep 17, 2024, 03:05 PM

Sep 17

I wouldn't dare try to tell Kashmir what it should do about anything.

kansasobama

(1,526 posts)

3. Parents there should get out of this cycle

Reply to Lulu KC (Reply #2)

Wed Sep 18, 2024, 08:32 AM

Sep 18

Kids want to study, work. Let them. I know it is hard but move into the future.

They should also say- We are not going back.

Lulu KC

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4. Have you read anything about the history of this place?

Reply to kansasobama (Reply #3)

Wed Sep 18, 2024, 12:09 PM

Sep 18

It sounds like you are looking at it through an American lens. This is a different world. It is an amazing place that has been conquered repeatedly for centuries. You might find it interesting to learn more about it.

kansasobama

(1,526 posts)

5. I know about the region

Reply to Lulu KC (Reply #4)

Wed Sep 18, 2024, 12:44 PM

Sep 18

What you say is true but it is time for them to get past this. I am saying it for the sake of hope and for the next generation. Heavy focus on education would do a lot of good.

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