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Separatists continue poll boycott efforts in Kashmir
Srinagar, May 9 (ANI): Separatist leader and Chairman of All Parties Hurriyat Conference or APHC, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq have again urged voters to boycott the fifthnd last phase of general elections.
Addressing a large gathering at the Jama Masjid on Friday, he urged the people of north Kashmir, who will be casting their votes on May [...]
Geelani calls for 50-hour shutdown as an anti-polls protest
Srinagar, Apr 29 (ANI): Syed Ali Shah Geelani-led All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC), the hardline faction of separatists in Kashmir, gave a call for a 50-hour shutdown to protest against the polls to the Lok Sabha in the valley.
Geelani had already called for a boycott of these elections being held [...]
