“The guidelines come into force with the date of it being released,” Saroj Kumar Choudhary, government undersecretary, told Arab News. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government also divided the state into two federally administered units — the Union Territory of Ladakh and the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Kashmir has yet to have its democratic rights restored, with 4G internet services suspended and many political workers kept in jails. “It’s the end of scholarship and intellect in India,” Prof. Apoorvanand Jha from Delhi University, told Arab News. Prof. Ghulam Mohmad Shah of Delhi-based Jamia Millia University said: “Democracy has already been in decline in Kashmir under the BJP regime.

Source: Ethiopian News February 02, 2021 17:05 UTC