Kashmir leaders urge Indian Modi to restore independence | Stories of Narendra Modi

Kashmiri political leaders will meet with the Indian Prime Minister on Thursday in preliminary talks since stepping down two years ago.

Kashmiri politicians have urged Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi to restore the rights of Jammu and Kashmir when they meet him on Thursday in the first round of talks since stepping down two years ago, party officials told Reuters news agency.

New Delhi has struggled for years to curb religious sentiment in its Muslim-only region, and criticized neighboring Pakistan for supporting militant militants in the Himalayan province, which Islamabad denies.

In restoring power to New Delhi in August 2019, Modi repealed Article 370 of the Constitution, ending its independence and removing its governments by dividing the provinces of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.

Some of the politicians who met Modi on Thursday were one of thousands of people who had been arrested at the time to put an end to the atrocities that had taken place.

The government also set up a coalition for several months in the troubled Kashmir Valley to crack down on dissent.

“Our goal is to bring back pre-August 5, 2019, Jammu and Kashmir,” People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leader Mehbooba Mufti told his colleagues on Sunday, according to two officials who attended an online meeting, Reuters reported.

The top leaders of the UN General Assembly met again over the weekend and endorsed a resolution calling for the restoration of leadership and special responsibilities, the party official said.

“We will request these two in a meeting with the Prime Minister,” he said.

All three declined to be named because the conversation was confidential.

Representatives of the PDP and the National Conference met on Tuesday with other members of a coalition formed last year to restore peace in Kashmir, in preparation for talks with the Prime Minister, PDP spokesperson Suhail Bukhari said.

The 2019 idea of ​​abolishing Kashmir’s Indian-dominated independence had a profound effect on Pakistan, leading to a reduction in negotiations and a moratorium on trade.

But neighbors with nuclear weapons have held secret talks this year to reduce tensions, and have agreed to stop fighting in the war-torn border in Kashmir.