TUESDAY 6 AUGUST 2019The wishes of Kashmiris are
being ignored by Delhi
Additional Indian troops were moved to Kashmir in anticipation of announcement (EPA)
ADAM WITHNALL
The way the Indian government has approached its revocation of the special status of Muslim-majority
Kashmir shows it has given up on the concept that an administration’s legitimacy is derived from the
consent of the governed.
The cloak-and-dagger build-up to yesterday’s shocking announcement – that after 70 years, Kashmir will no
longer enjoy the additional rights and autonomy which were conditions of its original entry into the union
of India – shows just how little trust remains between Delhi and Srinagar. It started last week with the
movement of thousands of additional Indian troops to fortify strategic locations in the Kashmir valley,