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J-K: Away from native soil, Kashmiri Pandits vote in homecoming hope

Voters queue up at a special polling booth for Kashmiri migrants in Jammu

Jammu (Jammu and Kashmir): Displaced from their native soil, their homes, hearths and loved ones, many of whom perished in the face of militancy and cross-border terrorism; migrant Kashmiri Pandits residing in Jammu turned out in numbers outside polling booths on Monday, in the hope, perhaps, of a homecoming in the not-too-distant future.

Amid polling for Phase 4 of the Lok Sabha elections on Monday, migrant Kashmir voters were pictured queuing up outside a special polling booth in Jammu's Barnai village to cast their votes for the Srinagar Lok Sabha constituency.

A migrant Pandit, who was among many queuing up to vote during the polling for Srinagar on Monday, said the primary issue that they voted on was the rehabilitation of the Kashmiri Pandits on their native soil.

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