Kashmir Votes (05.20 Mins.)
Channel: Indian Diplomacy
Date: 2011-10-17

'Kashmir Votes' is a film about the participation of the people of Jammu and Kashmir in the elections to the State Assembly held in November 2008. The film covers campaigning and voting during the elections. It presents a cross section of people explaining why, after almost two decades of militant violence, they defied a call by secessionists to boycott the elections and voted for democracy. Both sides, those who wanted to boycott the elections as well as those who wanted to vote and take part in the elections, looked forward to peace in Kashmir. Some of the arguments during the election were based on religion. Many issues came up during these elections: on safety on the road, food supplies, electricity, water, etc., but the issue that raised the most concern was unemployment.