Ground Report: Poverty, Price Rise, Unemployment Emerge Bigger Issues Than Article 370 In J&K Polls

J&K Election Phase 2: With visible reduction in militancy and stone pelting, Kashmir’s capital Srinagar turned out to vote Wednesday demanding poverty alleviation, taming inflation and job generation.

Voting underway in Khanyar assembly constituency on Wednesday.

Source : Nayanima Basu

Srinagar, Kashmir: In a visible change since May 2024 when the Lok Sabha polls took place in Kashmir for the first time since abrogation of Article 370 and people in the valley were demanding for its restoration, during the ongoing local assembly polls there is a clear shift towards issues such as alleviation of poverty, controlling spiralling inflation and job creation. ABP Live was on the ground and spoke to some of the candidates as well as voters on what’s next for Kashmir