Stalin hoped that the PM would take this opportunity to promote the values of peace, non-violence, harmony, equality and equal justice all over the world.
The separatists, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik, had called for election boycott and shutdown to highlight the Kashmir issue.
NCC activists demonstrated near the Assam Rifles ground here where Governor Kummanam Rajasekharan unfurled the national flag and addressed a very small gathering.
The opposition coalition, Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD) also called for more protests against the government of President Nicolas Maduro on the day of the vote.