Awww, resorting to insults, tch tch. You can believe stupidly that any state will be 'steamrolled' and engage in fearmongering, sadly for you, such fearmongering holds no grounds.
Bought Congress MLAs in Goa and Karnataka. Funny how you vote for BJP but in essence are voting for Congress. But hey, fearmongering.
Sure man, whatever helps you feel good. I want to vote for Kejru too. Any insider info on when he is joining BJP?Bought Congress MLAs in Goa and Karnataka. Funny how you vote for BJP but in essence are voting for Congress. But hey, fearmongering.
There were demands from regions like Leh for that. There is argument that Ladakh is treated unfairly by politicians in Kashmir.
It wont have a legislative assembly so directly governed under the aegis of the Union Government. Unlike J&K which will have a state legislature. But there are issues there too as anybody from New Delhi will tell you.
Sorta Agree. This will be milked by politicians on both sides
Precedent of stream rolling assembly has always been there. Telengana was made against the wished of AP assembly. Article 3 is BS, you just need to inform the state Govt not abide by their advise. What's the point of the same then ?
They also came under the ambit of Kashmir constitution rather than Indian ones. Now a lot of central schemes will be applicable in the region plus more investment in tourism infrastructure.
As with regions like Uttarakhand, Telangana, Jharkhand etc., there have always been complaints that the whole region (and Ladakh is the majority of landmass) is massively underdeveloped and was always treated like a step-child by the State Assembly because it had very few seats in the Assembly, making it largely irrelevant to the "powers-that-be". It got barely any funds allocated and the infra there is a mess. It only takes the one trip there to see the truth of this. The conditions the locals have are dismal - and the vast majority of the infra there is what the Armed Forces have built, and not the State. I saw first-hand the horrible mess the State left after the floods there. All relief came only from the Army. As a result, the Ladakhis have long demanded being separated from the rest of the State - backed also by the fact that the culture in Ladakh is completely different. Hence, it makes perfect sense, specially when you also consider the sensitivity of the region, not just environmentally, but also from a defence standpoint.
I think inflation and corruption is pretty much controlled after that move. Affordable housing is available to people who could not afford it due to rising inflation and parallel economy. Food inflation is low as well. The rich and the corrupt are surely not laughing. Implementation was chaotic I agree.
State assembly heavily dominated by valley's corrupt politicians vested interests without the other two regions having much say in it?
Yep. Usual suspects with the India-Pak and BJP-Congress garbage.
Not sure if within a year but Amit Shah said yesterday that J&K will get back statehood 'when time is right.'
"Year or so" would be premature. Let's not forget that this region has no set of State statutes to govern it the way other states do. Their state laws were highly discriminatory - as discrimination was afforded legal immunity stemming from the erstwhile 35A. Therefore, a bunch of legislation will need to be enacted - which can be done in a much smoother manner when it's a UT. In the absence of its being a UT, they'd either need simultaneous and immediate rollout of all these laws OR work in complete anarchy on a case-by-case basis for each situation, both of which are undesirable. Hence, the decision to make it a UT makes perfect sense. I also anticipate a full delimitation exercise before the next polls - which will then lead to fairer representation of the remaining area. Remember that as of now, the existing delimitation ensures disproportionate representation (compared to population split) owing to the NC having enacted a State law prohibiting delimitation (to protect power for the Valley-based parties which were in charge at the time). This too needs to go.
Amit probably felt they need this to be under direct central control till such time the region stabilizes. Last thing they want is to give back control to Abdullah now. 3-5 years before they give back the statehood to them, probably more.
FFS all the rich people (including several I know) knew about it well before it happened. Seems like we have bhakhts everywhere these days. A totalitarian party in power, and a stupid, corrupt opposition with no guts. The country is skrewed.
My understanding is that after removal of 35A, any Indian citizen can buy property in J&K and Ladakh.
Sad he’s not concerned about ‘Vikas’ of other states other than J&K.
I would guess some local laws are still applicable like those in other hilly states.
Went through the comments you're right this might be doctored. Cant believe I fell for that. Apologies.
Such economic development, increasing the GDP per capita one body at a time
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Six martyred, over 100 injured in IoK by Indian forces
Web Desk On Aug 7, 2019 Last updated Aug 7, 2019
SRINAGAR: At least six people were martyred and over 100 injured in firing by Indian troops on protesters in Indian Occupied Kashmir (IoK) as curfew and communication blackout continued on the third consecutive day.
According to Kashmir Media Service, despite the strict curfew and heavy deployment of the troops, people took to the streets in Srinagar, Pulwama, Baramulla and other parts of the territory to protest against the abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A by India.
The troops fired bullets, pellets and teargas shells on the protesters martyring at least six of them and injuring many others
Like I said to Suv666 earlier, please double check all news coming out of Kashmir right now. I am not seeing any other source reporting this.
You obviously won't hear it in india.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-...or-as-kashmir-dispute-escalates-idUSKCN1UX0YJ
Of course there will be protests. Huge jump to say six people have been killed. There is a lot of rumor mongering going on, please act responsibly.
Given india's past record, I would not be surprised that people were being killed.
https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/20...ay-starving-first-accounts-surface-lock-down/
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