India slams Pakistan PoK polls as 'farce' amid deadly protests
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- Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) slammed Pakistan's elections in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir as a 'farce,' accusing Pakistan of having 'answered public discontent with bullets and repression'
- Deadly protests in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir have overshadowed Pakistan's elections there, according to coverage from The Times of India, The Hindu, and The New York Times
Why it matters: India is using the violent backdrop of PoK's protests to publicly delegitimize the electoral process Pakistan administers in the region, sharpening the diplomatic confrontation over Kashmir and raising the stakes for any governance outcome Pakistan tries to claim from the vote.
