Modi met with Kashmir leaders for the first time since autonomy was removed Narendra Modi News

It has been done by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi He met pro-Indian politicians since it first removed the region’s semi-autonomous status from the region’s Kashmir district and imposed widespread repression almost two years ago.

Thousands of people, including Kashmir’s top and most important leaders, were arrested and their monthly detention was suspended in August 2019.

Kashmiri leaders have long demanded that they regain their semi-autonomy and hold elections, but India is working to readjust some constituencies in assemblies and parliaments in a process called “restriction”.

Modi took to Twitter on Thursday to confirm the line taken in the approximately three-hour conversation in New Delhi.

“The restriction needs to happen at a fast pace for surveys and J&K to happen [Jammu and Kashmir] It gets an elected government that gives strength to J & K’s development trajectory, ”he posted on Twitter.

Today’s meeting with political leaders in Jammu and Kashmir is an important step in the ongoing efforts to develop and advance J&K, where overall growth is encouraged. pic.twitter.com/SjwvSv3HIp

– Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) June 24, 2021

Regional leaders said in talks they needed to demand state recovery and limited autonomy.

“We have told the Prime Minister that we do not agree with what was done on August 5, 2019,” said Omar Abdullah, the head of the National Conference of the Regional Party.

“We are not ready to accept it, but we will not take the law into our own hands. We will fight in the courts.”

As well as the abolition of the state and semi-autonomous region of the region in August 2019 Deletion of Section 370 Under the constitution, India divided the only Muslim-majority state into two federally administered territories – Ladakh and Jammu-Kashmir – and removed the protections received in jobs for the land and its inhabitants.

The Modi government has said the move is necessary to accelerate regional development.

The meeting started in India and Pakistan a few months later in February It ratified the 2003 ceasefire agreement Across the border of Kashmir litigation.

The Muslim-majority region is divided between India and Pakistan, both of which claim it in its entirety.

‘Feeling humiliated’

The shocking decision to abolish the state and semi-autonomy of the region provoked protests from thousands of people and criticized by its leaders, who said they had never consulted.

Prior to that move, it also blocked the militarized Kashmir Valley of India and placed strict restrictions on movement and telecommunications, cutting off most mobile phones and Internet connections in weeks.

Even 18 months later, high-speed mobile internet was partially restored and local leaders denounced the erosion of civil rights.

“Since August 2019, I have been talking about the pain, anger and frustration of the people of Jammu and Kashmir, who feel humiliated,” said Mehbooba Mufti, the head of the Democratic Party in the Mufti region.

“The people of Jammu and Kashmir do not support the removal of Article 370, which is unconstitutional.”

Many people in Kashmir have criticized the “limitation” for fear that it will aim to distort the balance of power in the region towards Hindu leaders.

Nisar Ahmad, a university student in the main city of Srinagar in Kashmir, said he did not have high expectations at Wednesday’s meeting.

“They will not reverse what they have done,” Ahmad told Reuters.

International pressure, especially from the administration of U.S. President Joe Biden, is accumulating in the Indian government to push back some recent changes.

Dean Thompson, assistant secretary of state for South and Central Asia, said in a speech to Congress earlier this month that while New Delhi has taken steps such as freeing prisoners and restoring 4G Internet access in the region, “there are others we would like to take and take.” we have encouraged them and we will continue to do so ”.