‘I Voted For Peace In Kashmir’
An arts graduate, Kawleen Kour, talking to The Quint said that she was excited as she was participating in the election process for the first time. “My vote is for better employment opportunities and development,” said Kour, who was returning from the polling station in Nigeenpora village.
Another first time voter, Mushtaq Ahmad Gojar, a resident of Khashdi Karmulla village, said that his first vote is for road construction in his area.
“We live an agonised life here as we do not have proper roads. We have to walk 3 kilometres by foot to get our basic requirements. Our ailing men, women and children are forced to walk to reach hospitals. Today, I voted, and I am hopeful that my vote will bring a change in my village,” said Gojar, while standing in queue to vote.
“Due to lack of roads here, our pregnant women are suffering. We have lost one pregnant lady who died helplessly while villagers carried her on a stretcher,” she told The…