How did India manage to absorb J&K particularly its Muslim-majority valley? To what extent is the offensive launched by former supporters of India, namely Mehbooba Mufti and Farooq Abdullah, against ending the special status of occupied J&K a major test case for India? Grabbing more than 15,000 acres of land for establishing tourist resorts in the occupied valley is the first step to unleash the process of colonising its lands. New conditions in J&K after August 5, 2019, reflect two major ground realities. Augmenting the civil-military strife and Imran Khan’s single-point agenda of marginalising his political opponents by terming them ‘traitors’ and ‘corrupt’ tends to give a wrong message to the people of Indian Illegally Occupied Jammu & Kashmir (IIOJ&K).

Source: The Express Tribune November 06, 2020 06:11 UTC