Polling officials leave with electronic voting machines and other election material on the eve of the third phase of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly election, in Jammu, India, Monday, Sept.30, 2024. (AP Photo/Channi Anand)
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)
Polling officials leave for poll duty with electronic voting machines and other election material on the eve of the third phase of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly election, in Jammu, India, Monday, Sept.30, 2024.(AP Photo/Channi Anand)
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)
A security person guards as polling officials wait to collect electronic voting machines and other polling material on the eve of the third phase of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly election, in Jammu, India, Monday, Sept.30, 2024.(AP Photo/Channi Anand)