All Indians Must see Plight of J&K: Yousuf Tarigami
Channel: NewsClickin
Date: 2022-08-05

Yousuf Tarigami, CPI(M) leader and spokesperson of the Gupkar Alliance, speaks to NewsClick on Jammu and Kashmir completing three years without special status. Without warning, the Centre withdrew the constitutional protection to Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh on 5 August 2019. Life without Article 370 and Article 35A, as two Union Territories, has been hard on the Kashmiris and other residents of the erstwhile state. There has been talk about restoring democracy and normalcy, but the actions of the government have served to separate and divide and stoke anxiety, Tarigami says. For Kashmiris, withdrawal of special status was akin to breaking the connection between them and the political leadership at the Centre. Tarigami says people all over India must try to learn and understand life in a region that is used to stoke divisive sentiments. Kashmiris, Jammu residents and the people of Ladakh are realising the revocation of Articles 370 and 35A did not help them. They want nothing more than democracy, elections, accountable leadership and restoration of statehood.

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