Tangmarg (JK): In a first for Kashmir, a 52-year-old Kashmiri Pandit housewife has been voted as a panch by a predominantly Muslim village - and says she wants all members of her community displaced due to militancy to return to their homes in the Valley.
Wussan, a small village on way to the famous Gulmarg tourist resort, has come into spotlight after it voted for Asha Ji, the lone Kashmiri Pandit candidate for the post of Panch, against her opponent, a member of the Muslim community which forms nearly 90 per cent of the electorate in her constituency.
Image: A Kashmiri Pandit Asha Ji who won the Panchayat elections from the Muslim majority Wussan block of Kashmirs Baramulla district flashing a victory sign on May 10, 2011.
Wussan, a small village on way to the famous Gulmarg tourist resort, has come into spotlight after it voted for Asha Ji, the lone Kashmiri Pandit candidate for the post of Panch, against her opponent, a member of the Muslim community which forms nearly 90 per cent of the electorate in her constituency.
Image: A Kashmiri Pandit Asha Ji who won the Panchayat elections from the Muslim majority Wussan block of Kashmirs Baramulla district flashing a victory sign on May 10, 2011.
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