Modi, Kashmiri Leaders to Meet Sans Hurriyat

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi is to meet with ostensibly pro-Indian Kashmiri local leaders in New Delhi today to apparently convince them to endorse his move regarding the region’s autonomy. All Parties Hurriyat Conference, an alliance of 26 political, social, and religious organizations wanting separation, has not been invited to the meeting due today.

On August 5, 2019, Modi revoked the special constitutional status of the occupied region and thousands of people were put in what is called mass jail.

The move agitated the local population even the leaders that were inclined towards the center and many of them were detained too.

Internet was cut off in the valley along with the deployment of around 1 million military personnel to keep things under control.

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The infamous measure stalled the progress in mild relations between Pakistan and India and Prime Minister Imran Khan had reprised that both countries could not resume talks until the disputed area got its old identity.

For the past couple of years, the erstwhile autonomous region has remained in a climate of tension.

The meeting will primarily be between Modi and Jammu and Kashmir National Conference (JKNC) and the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).

PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti has asserted that they would demand the restoration of the old status.

The agenda of the meeting between Modi and Kashmiri leaders hasn’t been disclosed yet but it is being spoken that Modi would restore the old autonomous status of the disputed region.

This would be a consequence of backchannel talks between Pakistan and India and the intervention of mutual global friends.

However, if the Indian premier doesn’t retract, Pakistan would have to revise its strategy on Kashmir.