If PoK is a part of India, what could be the possible problem with my citizenship,” asks Somiya Sadaf, who hails from PoK, but has lived in Kupwara since 2010. Her candidature was rejected and name deleted from electoral rolls.
Despite the chill infused by sub-zero temperatures in north Kashmir, 37-year old Somiya Sadaf is busy delivering motivational lectures to the progressive farmers of Dragmulla in Kupwara district but remains a mute spectator of the constituency’s District Development Council (DDC) poll scheduled for December 5. This is in stark contrast to the scenario just two years ago, when she herself was the candidate in the DDC poll in December 2020.