Hope returns to Kashmir after elections, but the ultimate power still belongs to Narendra Modi’s government

By Leoni Connah, Lecturer in International Relations, Flinders University

This year’s local elections in India’s northernmost territory of Jammu and Kashmir were the first since the national government controversially stripped the region of its semi-autonomous status in 2019. It’s also the first local election in Muslim-majority Kashmir since 2014.

It was a significant moment for the region. The election will restore, at least partially, some degree of self-rule five years after Prime…

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