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India’s hard, army-centric approach has delegitimised the elected government in Jammu and Kashmir. Our narrative has unknowingly aligned with those who allege we are occupying parts of the state, specifically the Valley, by force.
The elected government has fled the field because its ministers can no longer face their constituents. It is the army and the paramilitary that represent government in the state. Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti has no authority to calibrate how much violence is to be used to pacify citizens. Her pathetic bleating against the Indian army’s abuse of human rights, particularly kidnapping an individual and making him
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