Parties cry foul over rule change allowing new residents to vote in disputed Kashmir


  • World
  • Wednesday, 12 Oct 2022

SRINAGAR, India (Reuters) - A new rule that allows new residents of the contested Jammu and Kashmir region to register as voters has angered political parties who say it is an attempt by India to change the demographics of the Muslim-majority region.

Kashmir is claimed in full but ruled in part by nuclear arch-rivals India and Pakistan, who have fought two wars over control of the Himalayan mountain territory.

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