India to hold first assembly elections in Kashmir in 10 years

People visit a busy market in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, on Aug.16, 2024. Kashmir will have its first assembly elections in a decade, the Indian government announced on Aug. 16, 2024.

India on Friday announced three-phased assembly elections in disputed Kashmir, the first in a decade and in a new political environment after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government in 2019 stripped the Muslim-majority region of its semi-autonomy and downgraded it to a federally controlled territory.