Kashmiris have been humiliated, feel betrayed: Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami

The government claims there is normalcy since there is no bloodshed. Yes, there is silence in the graveyards. Don't make my Kashmir, our Kashmir a graveyard; he said

Mohammed Yousuf Tarigami, 72, a four-time legislator of the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly and a member of the central committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) was recently in Delhi for a check-up at AIIMS. In an interview to Archis Mohan, Tarigami talks about the situation in Kashmir and how it needs to be addressed. Edited excerpts.

With the date (October 31) when Jammu and Kashmir loses its statehood and gets bifurcated approaching, what is the situation on the ground?

The situation is very painful. It is unbelievable for those who have not experienced it before. It is