โThe protesters also raised slogans for the restoration of the erstwhile stateโs special status, and also denounced the โhighhandednessโ of police and administration.โ SRINAGAR โ Despite the Jammu and Kashmir administrationโs attempts to scuttle the protest demonstration of the Peopleโs Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) against the Delimitation Commissionโs draft proposal, two constituents of the…
The political parties are still not clear whether to contest elections without seeking restoration of special status and statehood. SRINAGAR โ When the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi met various political leaders of Jammu and Kashmir including former chief ministers and parliamentarians, in June this year, one of the issues discussed was to strengthen…
โKashmiris are not afraid of Indian forces. Too many Kashmiris have given their lives for them to accept a relationship by force.โ SRINAGAR โ Kashmiris will not forget Delhiโs repeated โbetrayals,โ especially that of former Prime Minister of India Jawaharlal Nehru, contends veteran Congress leader Prof. Saifuddin Soz. The former union minister also believes that…
Days after Delhi talks, another script has unfolded in the valley. A viral clip is now laying bare a new model for โNaya Kashmirโ and scrapping the political posturing of the 14 unionists. Lutyensโ Delhiโs diehard turned discarded โcrisis managerโโthe one who faced the 2008 land agitationโis said to be a new manager of โNaya…
Before a political summon from centre, another searing summer had made air conspiratorial in the valley. Even now, as the 14 leaders are about to share the round table, the thawed loose talks are still creating a buzz in the valley. ย
Before New Delhiโs new land laws for Jammu and Kashmir would force local unionists to raise demographic change fears in the region, the abrogation of Article 370 had long set the stage for the landscape alteration. After losing its special constitutional positioning on 5 August 2019, the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir is fanatically…