SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir -- India's upcoming general election marks the first major ballot-box battle in Jammu and Kashmir since the territory was stripped of its limited autonomy in 2019, with Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party aiming to make unprecedented inroads.
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