In Pakistan, August 5 (Monday) will be observed as ‘Exploitation Day’ on the completion of five years of the end of the special status of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir.
According to the official media, a meeting was held in Islamabad under the chairmanship of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif regarding the celebration of August 5 as a special day, in which it was decided that on this day, the conflict in Kashmir, violations of the fundamental rights of Kashmiris and India’s broken promises will be highlighted.’
In this regard, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif is also likely to visit Muzaffarabad on August 5 to express solidarity with Kashmiris, in which he will issue an important policy statement on August 5, 2019, apart from condemning India’s unilateral and illegal actions.
According to Pakistan’s official news agency Associated Press (APP), special walks and events will be held at the federal level, provinces, Pakistan-administered Jammu and Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan on the occasion of ‘Exploitation Day’.
August 5, 2019
On August 5, 2019, the government of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi revoked the special status or autonomy granted to Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 of the Indian Constitution through constitutional amendments.
Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir comprises a large part of the Delhi-administered state of Kashmir, which has been the subject of a dispute between India, Pakistan and China since 1947.
Following the cancellation of the special status of Jammu and Kashmir under its administration, the Narendra Modi government cut communication lines in Kashmir and restored them five months later.
Thousands of additional security forces personnel were deployed and several leading Kashmiri politicians were detained to prevent a possible deterioration of the situation. Among them, former Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti was also included among others.
Backlash against the abrogation of its constitutional status in Indian-administered Kashmir was effectively suppressed through the suspension of communications and the imposition of a curfew (section 144).
Many Hindu nationalists celebrated this move, heralding peace and prosperity in Kashmir.
Apart from the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Bahujan Samaj Party, Aam Aadmi Party, AIADMK, Telugu Desam Party, YSR Congress Party, BJD, Janata Dal (United) are among the political parties in India. And the Shiv Sena supported the abrogation of Kashmir’s constitutional status, while the Indian National Congress, Jammu and Kashmir National Conference, Jammu and Kashmir People’s Democratic Party, Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India, Trinamool Congress and DMK opposed it.
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The President of India issued an order under Article 370, repealing the existing Presidential Decree of 1954 and revoking all provisions of autonomy granted to the state.
Home Minister Amit Shah introduced the Reorganization Bill in the Indian Parliament, which sought to divide the state into two union territories to be governed by a lieutenant governor and a unicameral legislature. The resolution to abrogate the Temporary Special Status under Article 370 and the State Reorganization Bill was debated and passed in the Upper House of India (Rajya Sabha) on 5 August 2019.
On August 6, the Lok Sabha (the lower house of the Indian Parliament) debated and passed a resolution recommending the repeal of the Reorganization Bill.
Criticism of judgment
The Indian government’s decision to end the special status of Indian-administered Kashmir was met with widespread criticism and opposition.
Sparking chaotic scenes in the Indian Parliament, opposition politicians condemned the presidential order abrogating Article 370 of the Constitution, which gives the state of Jammu and Kashmir substantial autonomy.
The opposition Congress Party called the decision a ‘disastrous step’, while Ghulam Nabi Azad, a Congress MP from Kashmir, said: ‘It is a shame that you have turned Jammu and Kashmir into a non-entity. .’
A lawmaker from the Kashmir-based People’s Democratic Party tore a copy of the Indian constitution before being expelled from parliament.
Political leaders of Indian-administered Kashmir, including former chief ministers Mehbooba Mufti and Omar Abdullah, who were under house arrest, also criticized the decision.
Omar Abdullah said in a statement: ‘The unilateral and shocking decisions of the Indian government today are a complete betrayal of the trust that the people of Jammu and Kashmir had placed in India when the state was annexed in 1947.’
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2024-08-04 23:08:10
