Modi takes control in Kashmir

Tensions are escalating in the disputed Indian territory of Jammu and Kashmir as he central government revokes its autonomy.

Indian troops in Kashmir © TAUSEEF MUSTAFA/AFP/Getty Images

New Delhi has taken back powers over Kashmir
(Image credit: Indian troops in Kashmir © TAUSEEF MUSTAFA/AFP/Getty Images)

India has "reopened old wounds inflicted at the founding of the modern Indian state" by revoking long-standing constitutional provision that granted autonomy and other special protections to Jammu and Kashmir, India's only Muslim-majority state, says Amy Kazmin in the FT. India is also downgrading Jammu and Kashmir from the status of a fully fledged state to a so-called union territory, giving New Delhi more control over the local administration, including its police. Modi's government argues that the moves will "tackle legal backwardness in a region living in the past and to make the government work better for its citizens" and that they will lead "to a burst of development".

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