India’s transfer to register as much as 2.5 million exterior voters in Kashmir has drawn indignant reactions from locals, with specialists warning that the controversial transfer might completely alter the electoral rolls of the disputed area.

Kashmiris are involved that the transfer is a part of a much bigger Indian technique to shift the demographics of the Muslim-majority territory, which has been with out an elected authorities for greater than 4 years.

Hirdesh Kumar, Kashmir’s prime electoral officer, informed reporters on Wednesday that he anticipated “an addition of two to 2.5 million extra voters within the ultimate (electoral) record,” to be finalized earlier than native elections on the finish of the yr. EFE