Thirty years ago J&K was under Governor’s rule, there was massive troops deployment, its political leadership was kept locked up and there was no development. Haven’t we reverted to the same disarray? In his speech of 8 August 2019 explaining the move to ‘deoperationalise’ Article 370 (it has not been revoked or removed as is widely assumed), the prime minister said the following: That the development of Jammu, Kashmir, and Ladakh was being held back by Article 370. The problem had now been eliminated and a new era had begun.…
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