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

Kashmiris are involved that the transfer is a part of an even 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 high electoral officer, advised reporters on Wednesday that he anticipated “an addition of two to 2.5 million extra voters within the closing (electoral) record,” to be finalized earlier than native elections on the finish of the yr. EFE