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Activists of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) burn an effigy of Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah as they shout slogans during a protest against the National Conference (NC)-led regional government over rising electricity tariffs, unemployment and alleged governance failures in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. | Photo: AP/Mukhtar Khan
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Activists of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) shout slogans as police and paramilitary soldiers try to stop them during a protest against the National Conference (NC)-led regional government over rising electricity tariffs, unemployment and alleged governance failures in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. | Photo: AP/Mukhtar Khan
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Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) activists pull a barbed wire barrier set up by police to stop them during a protest against the National Conference (NC)-led regional government over rising electricity tariffs, unemployment and alleged governance failures in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. | Photo: AP/Mukhtar Khan
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Indian policemen try to disperse activists of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) during a protest against the National Conference (NC)-led regional government over rising electricity tariffs, unemployment and alleged governance failures in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. | Photo: AP/Mukhtar Khan
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Activists of India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) march during a protest against the National Conference (NC)-led regional government over rising electricity tariffs, unemployment and alleged governance failures in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. | Photo: AP/Mukhtar Khan
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Police and paramilitary soldiers try to stop activists of Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) during a protest against the National Conference (NC)-led regional government over rising electricity tariffs, unemployment and alleged governance failures in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. | Photo: AP/Mukhtar Khan
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Indian police and paramilitary soldiers stand guard behind a barricade during a protest by Bharatiya Janta Party (BJP) activists against the National Conference (NC)-led regional government over rising electricity tariffs, unemployment and alleged governance failures in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. | Photo: AP/Mukhtar Khan
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Indian police and paramilitary soldiers guard during a protest by the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) against the National Conference (NC)-led regional government over rising electricity tariffs, unemployment and alleged governance failures in Srinagar, Indian-controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2026. | Photo: AP/Mukhtar Khan
















