FILE- Mehbooba Mufti, leader of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), greets supporters during a campaign rally of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections in Jammu, India, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Channi Anand, File)

FILE- Top Kashmiri separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq delivers his speech inside the Jamia Masjid or Grand Mosque in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Sept. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan, File)

FILE- An elderly man smokes a hookah pipe as he sits with other men outside a polling station during the second phase of the assembly election in the interior of Dal Lake in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Sept. 25, 2024.(AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan, File)

FILE- Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, center, waves to supporters during a campaign rally of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections in Jammu, India, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Channi Anand, File)

FILE- Supporters assemble to welcome top Kashmiri separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, center, as he arrives to offer Friday prayers outside the Jamia Masjid or Grand Mosque in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Sept. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Mukhtar Khan, File)

FILE- India's opposition Congress party leader Rahul Gandhi waves to supporters during a campaign rally of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections in Jammu, India, Sept.25, 2024.(AP Photo/Channi Anand, File)

FILE- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) supporters listen as their Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during a campaign rally of Jammu and Kashmir Assembly elections in Jammu, India, Saturday, Sept. 28, 2024. (AP Photo/Channi Anand, File)

FILE- Kashmiri women queue up at a polling booth to cast their vote during the second phase of the assembly election in the outskirts of Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Sept. 25, 2024. (AP Photo/Dar Yasin, File)