Jammu And Kashmir Panchayat Polls Under The Shadow Of Violence And Fear | Read

For the last four years, Sheeraz has been bringing up her two daughters all by herself after her husband Mohammad Sultan, a village head in south Kashmir's Shopian district, was killed by terrorists in 2014. She says the situation is just not conducive for the upcoming local body elections in Jammu and Kashmir. "It is a wrong thing to conduct elections right now, situation is bad, I lost my husband but haven't got any relief, he was the sole bread earner of the family, we got nothing, situation is bad right now," said Sheeraz.