Modi meets for the first time with Kashmir leaders since independence was abolished | Stories of Narendra Modi
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said met politicians who were pro-India from Kashmir who were the first to protest since they had removed the independence movement from the province and threatened the people almost two years ago.
Thousands of people, including well-known and influential leaders in Kashmiri, were arrested and several months of imprisonment were instituted in August 2019.
Kashmiri leaders have been demanding that their rights be restored and that elections be held, but India is working to reform some of the legislature and parliament there on the so-called “border”.
Modi took to Twitter later Thursday to repeat a line he took in a nearly three-hour conversation in New Delhi.
“Reduction must be made urgently for elections to take place and J&K. [Jammu and Kashmir] finds an elected government that promotes J & K’s development power, ”he wrote on Twitter.
The current meeting with political leaders from Jammu and Kashmir is a key factor in realizing what is happening in J&K that is growing and advancing, where it is growing. pic.twitter.com/SjwvSv3HIp
– Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 24, 2021
Regional leaders have said they will push their demands to restore government and to have less freedom in the negotiations.
“We have told the PM that we do not agree with what happened on 5 August 2019,” said Omar Abdullah, the party leader of the National Conference.
“We are not ready to accept it, but we will not take the law into account. We will fight it in court.”
Also the reduction of autonomy and independence in August 2019 is to repeal Article 370 According to the law, India divided the only Islamic state into two government-controlled territories – Ladakh and Jammu-Kashmir – and withdrew the right to land and employment for the local people.
The Modi government said the move was necessary to speed up development.
The conference was held a few months ago from India and Pakistan in February reaffirmed the 2003 international agreement on the opposite border in Kashmir.
The predominantly Muslim region is divided between India and Pakistan, both claim.
‘Be ashamed of it’
The sudden idea to restore the region and its independence led to a series of protests by thousands of people and was criticized by local leaders who said they had not been consulted.
Prior to the move, India re-closed the Kashmir basin, which was heavily militarized and set up strong telecommunications routes, cutting off many telephones and the internet for weeks.
Even 18 months later, the high-speed internet had only recently been restored, with local leaders complaining about the lack of human rights.
“I have spoken of the pain and anger and frustration among the people of Jammu and Kashmir since August 2019, in which they feel ashamed,” said Mehbooba Mufti, leader of the People’s Democratic Party.
“The people of Jammu and Kashmir do not accept the repeal of Article 370 according to the law.”
Many people in Kashmir have condemned the “decline” for fear that its aim is to reduce the power in the region for Hindu leaders.
Nisar Ahmad, a student at a university in Kashmir, Srinagar, said he had little hope for the third conference.
“He will not change what he did,” Ahmad told Reuters.
The global crisis, especially from the administration of US President Joe Biden, is also adding to the Indian government’s ability to change some of its policies in the near future.
Dean Thompson, deputy secretary of state for South and Central Asia, told a parliamentary session earlier this month that although New Delhi had taken action such as the release of prisoners and the restoration of 4G internet in the region, “there are some elections we would like to see participating to do so and will continue to do so ”.
