“At midnight on Aug 4, 2019 India turned all of Kashmir into a giant prison camp. Seven million Kashmiris were barricaded in their homes, internet connections were cut and their phones went.
The plea says that the Centre's move to read down Article 370 imposes a 'dictatorial regime' wherein the entire democratic process has been annulled and the people have been left at the mercy of administrators.
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After Prime Minister’s all-party meeting started re-engagement with condemned Kashmir parties, the 4-day visit by the 3-member Delimitation Commission tasked to add seven berths to a truncated assembly, witnessed political parties making their cases. With one prominent boycott, the multitude of suggestions before the Commission indicate as if Jammu and Kashmir is being pushed to the Praja Sabha days, reports
Yawar Hussain
Delimitation Commission speaking to the media after the conclusion of their 4-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir
With the Delimitation Commission visiting Jammu and Kashmir the second time, the political parties barring the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) met the commission with the demands ranging from de-freezing of seats reserved for Pakistan Administered Kashmir (PAK) to a reservation on basis of caste, faith and ethnicity.
Riyaz Wani
Delimitation Commission speaking to the media after the conclusion of their 4-day visit to Jammu and Kashmir
Delimitation Commission charged with increasing the number of seats in the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly arrived in the union territory on July 6 for a four-day visit. This visit came directly after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting in New Delhi with Jammu and Kashmir leaders, which ended without any concrete outcomes.
In Kashmir, the Commission headed by Justice (retd) Ranjana Prakash Desai held meetings with political parties and officials for their inputs about redrawing new constituencies in the former state. Except for the PDP, all other parties chose to meet the Commission. The exercise, the PDP said, was pre-planned and aimed to realise the “political vision of a particular party”.