Kashmir Prepares For Polls

SRINAGAR, KASHMIR, INDIA - NOVEMBER 26 : Omar Abdullah Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and president of the National Conference (NC) party and a contesting candidate,takes an oath after filing his nomination papers for Sonwar seat for the assembly elections at Deputy Commissioners office on November 26, 2014, in Srinagar, the summer capital of Indian administered Kashmir, India. Amid tight security, Kashmiris will cast their votes in the second phase of assembly elections in the strife torn Jammu and Kashmir, even as most pro-independence groups have asked people to boycott the five phased polls which will end on December 20 and the results would be announced on December 23 (Photo by Yawar Nazir/Getty Images