Modi’s One-Time Ally in Kashmir Wants to Block BJP From Control
- People’s Democratic Party willing to work with rivals, not BJP
- Jammu and Kashmir to hold local assembly polls from next week
Indian soldiers in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, in August.
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A former ally of Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the volatile region of Jammu and Kashmir is now open to working with rivals to block his party from forming a local government after elections that kick off next week.