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Prices at the Pumps - May 8, 2024 #saltwire #pricesatthepumps #gaspricesANANTNAG, India - Prime Minister Narendra Modi is criss-crossing India in a marathon election campaign but, for the first time since 1996, his Bharatiya Janata Party is not contesting in Kashmir, where a 35-year uprising against Indian rule has killed tens of thousands of people.
"Clearly there is a gap between what the BJP claims to have done and the reality on the ground," he said, speaking in his home in Kashmir's main city, Srinagar. Ravinder Raina, the chief of the Kashmir unit of the BJP, said the party's decision to skip the election was part of a broader strategy, although he declined to give specifics.
Abdul Hameed, a 50-year-old garment store owner in Pulwama town near Srinagar, said the federal government had kept the lid on Kashmir since 2019, masking the true situation. Indian military data shows there are over 100 active militants in the region, who allegedly target security forces and workers from other parts of India. Militants killed an air force soldier in an attack on a military convoy on Saturday, officials said.
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