Opposition leaders in India's troubled Kashmir valley have accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration of denying or cancelling permissions to hold campaign events, to help his party's "proxies".

Image caption, Narendra Modi addressing a campaign rally in Agra in April - he's eyeing a record-equalling third term in power In the lead-up to India's general election, Narendra Modi was expected to frame it as a referendum on his decade as prime minister.

Women watch an election campaign rally addressed by Farooq Abdullah, former Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and President of Jammu and Kashmir National Conference party, ahead of the fourth phase of India's general election,

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's campaign speeches claim his quelling of an insurgency in Kashmir as one of his greatest achievements, but many in the disputed region see India's election as

India’s election commission faces accusations of bias towards the ruling BJP by refusing to reign in the party’s divisive campaign rhetoric and for not providing voter turnout data quickly enough.