SRINAGAR, India -- Local politicians in Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir are weighing their options amid concern over a policy change that would allow people temporarily living in the region to vote in elections, fearing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Hindu nationalist government is attempting a demographic transformation.
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India faces pushback over 'outsiders' voting in Kashmir
Electoral shift seen as attempt to alter Muslim-majority region's demographics
India's policy change would allow non-residents of Jammu and Kashmir, including its soldiers, to register to vote in elections. © Reuters
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