That stand also dismissed a similar approach suggested by Mehbooba Mufti, the chief minister of Jammu and Kashmir; significantly, her Peoples Democratic Party is coalition partner of BJP in that state. I would draw attention to the 2012 report, A New Compact with the People of Jammu and Kashmir, commissioned by the United Progressive Alliance government of the time. Jammu & Kashmir and India sorely need a new compact. Sudeep Chakravarti’s books include Clear.Hold.Build: Hard Lessons of Business and Human Rights in India, Red Sun: Travels in Naxalite Country and Highway 39: Journeys through a Fractured Land. This column, which focuses on conflict situations and the convergence of businesses and human rights, runs on Thursdays.

Source: Mint October 25, 2017 18:00 UTC