India-held Kashmir’s assembly backs return to statehood
SRINAGAR: India-held Kashmir’s assembly endorsed the restoration of statehood on Monday, a non-binding resolution that politicians from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party condemned as “anti-national”. It is the latest twist in the long-running contentious debate about rule ever since New Delhi revoked held Kashmir’s limited autonomy in 2019. Omar Abdullah, who heads the occupied state’s…
Srinagar, India: The assembly of India-held Kashmir has voted in favor of reinstating statehood, according to a non-binding resolution passed on Monday. The decision, introduced by Omar Abdullah, the head of the occupied state's government, asserts that statehood is "our right." However, the resolution has been met with condemnation from politicians of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's party, who deemed it "anti-national."
The Bharatiya Janata Party members walked out of the assembly during the vote, many of them branding the resolution "unconstitutional" and "anti-national."
The resolution calls upon the government in New Delhi to restore full statehood to Jammu and Kashmir at the earliest. It also refers to earlier resolutions demanding autonomy, passed in 2000 and 2024, which are also non-constitutional. The non-binding resolution marks a new turn in the ongoing contentious debate over rule in India-held Kashmir, which saw the revocation of the region's limited autonomy by New Delhi in 2019.
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