Are those being saved for Diwali?” he said, referring to India’s own arsenal and the Hindu festival of light. Among the districts voting in India’s fifth phase on Monday are Pulwama and Shopian in southern Kashmir. “India has quit the policy of being scared of Pakistani threats,” Modi said at a recent election rally. India’s Election Commission took the unusual step of asking parties not to use photographs of soldiers in campaign material. But Modi and his Cabinet colleagues defended it as a way to stop “terror” funds reaching Kashmir separatists.

Source: Washington Post May 06, 2019 05:35 UTC