‘Betrayed’: In Jammu, Growing regret over support for Scrapping of Article 370

With the new land laws, and the fear of backlash when it comes to organising protests, many among those who celebrated the felling of Article 370 are reconsidering their stance. Muhammad Raafi On August 5, 2019, Rahul Sharma, a resident of Kathua, was ecstatic. He and his friends distributed sweets to celebrate the scrapping of Articles 370 and 35A of the constitution that granted a special status to the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir. As most parts of the Jammu division erupted in celebration, Sharma, who then called himself…

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