EU Delegation In Kashmir – Jammu Kashmir

The ruling BJP led NDA Government took a political decision of amending the Constitution by abrogating Article 370 that gave Jammu and Kashmir a special status and bifurcating the State into two Union Territories that formally came into being on October 31, with Girish Chander Murmu and R K Mathur assuming the office of Lieutenant Governors of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh respectively. Though this decision has ruffled many feathers in political circles, since it has momentarily brought J&K directly under Central administration, it has been propagated as a well-thought decision towards achieving national integration.
The credibility of J&K’s ‘mainstream’ political parties in the state had already hit rock bottom since the key players misused the trust that the people of Kashmir reposed in them. Irrespective of which party came into power, corruption, and misgovernance continued unabated. As a result, even the basic aspirations of the people remained a distant dream. Awareness that the center didn’t have any alternative to challenge the political status quo made political parties adopt a lackadaisical approach towards governance due to which the people of J&K suffered immensely.