in principle. into a. more. even. split with. my choice. because given the way times. and i. did have. this if you see the news asia on today's program i double triumph for india's hindu nationalists i don't know from too many muslims in the region. empty streets and security personnel one yet since the government of delhi has removed the autonomy of kashmir and imposed direct rule on the most the majority reject. on the same day of prime minister narendra modi construction of the temple to on

a one of the most important courts in him there is a on the ruins of a mosque. i'm british manager welcome to the w's asia glad you could join us exactly one year ago today the indian government revoked the special autonomy of its only muslim majority states the state of german kashmir the revocation of article 370 shocked residents of the region but that's not all the government also slick the state into 2 federally controlled territories calling them just one kashmir and. now this is effectively took political representation away from the people of kashmir and into the hands of delhi the move further strained diplomatic relations with india's neighbor pakistan which. only yesterday issued

a new oarfish of which includes all of me including the parts controlled by india now india has called the move an exercise in political absurdity if that's confusing remember both countries claim this whole region in its entirety but govern it only partially meanwhile the residents of indian controlled kashmir have been attempting to live their lives through new york continuous destruction or the past year or their calling to be a black day the following report explains why the. outrage in the indian parliament on august 5 last year the indian government stunned opposition lawmakers by announcing it was revoking cuss me as autonomy the basis of the region's complex relationship with india for decades. the special status of german and kashmir is going to be automatically null and void and.

the hindu nationalist government said the move was necessary to spur economic development and to better integrate the region with the rest of the country the opposition was shocked. and today the ruling party b j p has berri the constitution and the democracy. thank you as a result 7000000 people in the kashmir valley were put under lockdown for months the government severely restricted freedom of movement and bans gatherings it cut landlines and mobile phones and even shut down the internet. thousands of people were arrested including 3 former chief ministers reportedly hundreds of people still remain under house arrest all behind bars mostly without charge there are also reports of torture indian authorities deny the allegations.

neighboring pakistan still condemns india's actions since the 5th of august the illegal measures taken by india there is a new. there's a new wave a new wave of resentment against the across that is being committed across the sea we have to short the people of pakistan stand with you and he adds kashmir will be part of pakistan. inshallah. pakistan. at the end of verse 3 of the autonomy revocation the kashmir conflict seems as far from resolution as ever and little seems to have changed in the region itself now did have a correspondence allowed to join me now from vanderbilt just on the outskirts of sri lanka in indian controlled kashmir slovene what is the situation on the ground in indian controlled kashmir today. british

situations where you are calm and very peaceful i would say because the government has taken you know the steps. have announced they had you know i was kind of fuel which has been lifted last night but it is highly deprived of security forces and you can see a preliminary coat of blocking it's so in that sense the government has control or dorky you know the entire crushed me but then on the ports few the smaller protest or rather you know our people have come out and you know sirocco not in state government to seize an awful issued article 370 i don't know why is it so though there was a meeting of some you know kashmir you look at leaders for indian leaders and they wanted to have a meeting today a joint meeting of different local parties political parties but the

security forces have not allowed to have i have spoken throughout these leaders and they said that they have announced it is ok but they were not allowed to go out of there or to have this 1st meeting so if this meeting would have happened happen it would have happened you know in a year in last year fust time but it didn't it police so the government has yeah so the government has country already know courtly and people are stuck in their homes talk to us a bit about the posterior mention that this would have been the fuster time this meeting a political meeting would have happened but how has this boss here been for the people of kashmir. i would sit down kashmir has been under a lot don't last one complete one. you know initially the garment of india in. those cuts you was interesting because they had taken to be

you know up serious to see was enough to get in our ticket to the 70 which gives me a special special stare does and then you know because. it was almost 4 to 5 months that garment did not allow any activity it was almost shut and then but government announced that they are going to open any here and separatists you know parties in organized this has decided not to open so we went on up to almost it months and then when everybody was there could it go up in kashmir if there was a coup not wise and so then again it was a lot more not on so for last almost one year and it is under lockdown economy has suffered badly people out here i have talked to them they're saying that they're huge losses and the education has suffered for the last almost one yet the schools have not opened and there is no point that it so that the children piece them

properly wow you know 2 on one ringtone and it is in fact a blessing that it will do to you on the internet i mean some of these are new democratic fund and on the ballot in indian controlled kashmir thank you so much. the anniversary of the removal of indian leaders autonomy also falls on the same day of the prime minister narendra modi laid the foundation stone of a controversial new hindu temple it's dedicated to lord ra as in and is in the city of york there in the north more the arrived at the site of the temple and offered prayers to a statue of the dates over the years his party the hindu nationalist b j p has made construction of the temple one of its main old planks but it's an extremely divisive issue in india as it's being built on land where the 16th century mosque once stored. in 1902 the bubbly mustard mosque was the

target of rightwing hindus from the b j p sister organizations in december using pickaxes and crowbars the mosque was razed to the ground to make way for the construction of the temple the destruction sparked large scale rioting leaving it on 2000 people dead across india and last year the supreme court allowed the construction of the temple to go ahead. joining me now from delhi is a. journalist and author among other books of a biography of not in the room or the as well of mr macleod there welcome the prime minister laying the foundation stone of rama temple on the same day as the anniversary of the removal of kashmir this autonomy is this just a coincidence no i do not think that the timing of the. first anniversary of the want to please everybody. is completely planned basically to show that what will decide it done english week last year was

also very much part of your culture the nationalist movement and the sentiment which has been for the last 3 and a half. days partly to be j.p. and it didn't go national again eyes. so you know you talk about this a national sentiment that is coming from the bigger p. and its allies what does that mean for india how did you do in fact you darn the page today is in there leaving it secular credentials behind india has been evolving for the last. decade there has been a slow gradual shift from. nationalism would it lead you nationalism for the last several days it to be a part of very important mindstorm in that particular part even appeared to be going to new in that part book quite some time at least in that time the b.g.p.

and the storm will continue to be going to dominate position how fast and how soon you will travel on this or is going to put it go into a lot of. events which it would take place for the next few years most importantly how does the government manages the over 1000 bank to make and continuing military conflict with china but given the religious nationalism but there are speaking about does all that matter at all does the government's report card on covert 19 or the confrontation we're trying our matter thought of. well the last 25 years have been hit with the g.o.p.'s struggle to find these issues on which it can point distractions or win the popular support of people he did always use simple agitation and b.d.'s of the issues which are part of their hindu nationalists to get didn't know to try to please people and win them over on their own side that is

what has been done service. foundationally said when yet this time comes at a time when there are possible deficiencies in the government's handling of the over 90 pandemic as well as the military conflict with china so this becomes a fallback option in gears the popularity of the government is still more the start skipping you all back to something that should be only the leaders and cultural symbol. and also this country leave it there for the time being and under macabre doneness an author thank you so much for joining us. thank you and there's of course more background on this story on our website get up to dot com for pleasure finally across pakistan today a solidarity walks were held on a day called the day of exploitation in kashmir much as well when i was in support of the people of indian administered kashmir believe it now with images of some of those monsters thank you so much for watching we'll see you at the same 5 tomorrow .

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