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Budgam's high-stakes electoral battle heads for a photo finish
The Northlines
|09 NOV 2025
It is 3:00 PM on Friday, and a group of youngsters begin chanting slogans from the top of a vehicle in the main square of Soibugh village in support of independent candidate Sameer Ahmad. "Why should we vote for outsiders? Why not for our local candidate?" shouts a youngster sitting besides the candidate, who hails from Soibugh.
As Sameer and his supporters head to another village for canvassing, BJP supporters take over the venue and begin shouting slogans mocking the National Conference (NC)-led government over its "unfulfilled" election promises-rangin
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