{"page":"\u003clink rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https://lessonplanet.com/assets/packs/css/resources-c03aa079.css\" /\u003e\n\u003clink rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"https://lessonplanet.com/assets/packs/css/lp_boclips_stylesheets-517835be.css\" media=\"all\" /\u003e\n\u003cdiv data-title='New breed stamping authority on Kashmir politics as separatists boycott poll' data-url='/boclips/videos/5c54c266d8eafeecae159735' data-video-url='/boclips/videos/5c54c266d8eafeecae159735' id='bo_player_modal'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='boclips-resource-page modal-dialog panel-container'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='react-notifications-root'\u003e\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-header'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-type'\u003e\n\u003ci aria-hidden='true' class='fai fa-regular fa-circle-play'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\nVideo\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ch1 class='rp-title' id='video-title'\u003e\nNew breed stamping authority on Kashmir politics as separatists boycott poll\n\u003c/h1\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-actions'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='mr-1'\u003e\n\u003ca class=\"btn btn-success\" data-posthog-event=\"Signup: LP Signup Activity\" data-posthog-location=\"body_link_boclips\" data-remote=\"true\" href=\"/subscription/new\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cspan\u003eGet Free Access\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"\"\u003e for 10 Days\u003c/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e!\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\u003c/a\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-body'\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-info'\u003e\n\u003cdiv aria-label='Hide resource details' class='rp-hide-info' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u0026times;\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003ci aria-label='Expand resource details' class='rp-expand-info fai fa-solid fa-up-right-and-down-left-from-center' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003ci aria-label='Compress resource details' class='rp-compress-info fai fa-solid fa-down-left-and-up-right-to-center' role='button' tabindex='0'\u003e\u003c/i\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-rating'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='resource-pool'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-label'\u003ePublisher:\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='pool-name'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='text'\u003e\u003ca data-publisher-id=\"30356011\" href=\"/search?publisher_ids%5B%5D=30356011\"\u003eCurated Video\u003c/a\u003e\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003c/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class='rp-description'\u003e\n\u003cspan class='short-description'\u003eKashmir - Recent1. Omar Abdullah, leader of National Conference party, sitting on top of truck during campaigning for state legislative elections2. National Conference supporters chanting3. Overhead shot of Omar Abdullah walking at...\u003c/span\u003e\n\u003cspan class='full-description hide'\u003eKashmir - Recent\u003cbr/\u003e1. Omar Abdullah, leader of National Conference party, sitting on top of truck during campaigning for state legislative elections\u003cbr/\u003e2. National Conference supporters chanting\u003cbr/\u003e3. Overhead shot of Omar Abdullah walking at election rally, surrounded by supporters\u003cbr/\u003e4. Wide of crowd at rally\u003cbr/\u003e5. Election posters on wall\u003cbr/\u003e6. Omar Abdullah giving speech, with security officers standing guard at podium\u003cbr/\u003e7. Schoolgirls listening to speech\u003cbr/\u003e8. Wide shot of crowd\u003cbr/\u003e9. Chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir, Farooq Abdullah, handing over cap to his son (Omar) as he inherits leadership of the national Conference, then father and son hugging\u003cbr/\u003e10. Various of National Conference supporters singing and waving party flags\u003cbr/\u003e11. SOUNDBITE: (Urdu) Omar Abdullah, National Conference leader:\u003cbr/\u003e\"I want answers. You (the separatists) enter the fray and give us the answer. You need to answer the people, this state. And if you do not want to give any answer, then just sit aside. Take your passport and go abroad, because you are not entitled to talk here.\"\u003cbr/\u003e12. Mehbooba Mufti, leader of People's Democratic Party, being surrounded by crowd at election rally\u003cbr/\u003e13. Mid-shot of Mufti\u003cbr/\u003eDelhi- Recent\u003cbr/\u003e14. SOUNDBITE: (English) Prem Shankar Jha, political commentator:\u003cbr/\u003e\"If there is some real opposition to the National Conference and there is a fairly high turnout as a result, it will be an alternative for the people of Jammu and Kashmir to violence as a way of getting their voice heard - and in effect (of) taking control of their own destiny. Ideally, if the Kashmiri nationalists, the Hurriyat, Shabir Shah et cetera, had decided to take part in this election, then there would have been a clear choice for the Kashmiri people between the National Conference and this conglomerate.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSrinagar - August 18, 2002\u003cbr/\u003e15. Various of meeting between group of private mediators on Kashmir and separatist Hurriyat conference leaders\u003cbr/\u003e16. SOUNDBITE: (English) Abdul Ghani Bhat, Hurriyat Conference leader:\u003cbr/\u003e\"The Kashmiri committee impressed on us to participate (in state elections). We said, to ascertain the wishes of the people of Jammu and Kashmir, India and Pakistan should evolve a mechanism whereby the wishes can be ascertained.\"\u003cbr/\u003e17. Various of National Conference supporters chanting\u003cbr/\u003eDelhi - Recent\u003cbr/\u003e18. SOUNDBITE: (English) Prem Shankar Jha, political commentator:\u003cbr/\u003e\"Since the Hurriyat has not taken part (in state elections), there is no one who will emerge from this election, who can say to the Jehadis (Islamic militants): okay, enough is enough. Now we have a representative government and we don't need you anymore. And therefore the Kashmiris do not expect an end to the violence. They don't expect, therefore, an end to the Indian security forces' presence. They don't expect an end to the human rights violations. They are therefore in a mood of considerable disappointment and, I think, desperation.\"\u003cbr/\u003eSrinagar - Recent\u003cbr/\u003e19. Various of Mehbooba Mufti giving speech at election rally\u003cbr/\u003e20. Supporters listening\u003cbr/\u003eCampaigning is continuing apace for the start on Monday of legislative elections in the northern Indian state of Jammu-Kashmir, despite a string of violent attacks by suspected Islamic militants.\u003cbr/\u003eA new breed of young political leaders in the Himalayan state promises to bring progressive thinking and a new flexibility that could yet help untie some of the knots in Kashmir's five-decade territorial dispute.\u003cbr/\u003eBut a boycott of the elections by separatist groups has effectively eliminated any chance of the poll offering voters a broad choice.\u003cbr/\u003eKashmir's youngest political stalwart has entered a crucial election battle part of a generation of young people bringing fresh hope to politics in the militancy-ripped region after years of turbulence.\u003cbr/\u003eIndia's junior foreign minister and newly-elected president of Jammu-Kashmir's ruling National Conference, 32 year-old Omar Abdullah, is a business manager-turned-politician.\u003cbr/\u003eHe hopes to lead his pro-India party to victory and become the chief minister, the top-elected official.\u003cbr/\u003eAbdullah is no stranger to the political scene - he is a member of Kashmir's premier political dynasty.\u003cbr/\u003eHis grandfather, Sheikh Mohammed Abdullah, once represented Ganderbal constituency and his father, Farooq Abdullah, is the current chief minister, having occupied the post at various times for a total of 12 years.\u003cbr/\u003eBoth the main currents in Kashmir's politics, pro-India and pro-secession, are now led by people in their 20s and 30s.\u003cbr/\u003eOne of Kashmir's few female politicians, 36-year-old Mehbooba Mufti, leads another pro-India group, the Jammu and Kashmir People's Democratic Party.\u003cbr/\u003eHer party has been demanding that federal rule be imposed in Jammu and Kashmir to boost turnout and credibility for the poll.\u003cbr/\u003eAlthough some tiny separatist parties may have chosen to 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