The declaration stated that any unilateral action on the part of New Delhi would be an “aggression against the people of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh”. The State was split to form the Union Territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. While the people of Jammu and Kashmir stood by their word, the Union of India chose to backtrack from its solemn commitments made to the people of Jammu and Kashmir unilaterally and undemocratically. Earlier, the Murmu administration had claimed that Jammu and Kashmir had progressed in the direction of decentralisation and economic revival. Prominent among such critical voices is Amnesty International, which has asked India to “urgently stop the protracted clampdown” in Jammu and Kashmir.

Source: The Hindu August 20, 2020 01:30 UTC