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[Crystal-Clear]

What modi forgets is that Palestine dont have a courageous neighbor like Pakistan. Settle hindus in IIOJK and they will be good targets for us and freedom fighters.

exactly we should arm Kashmiri frerdom fighters with sophisticated weaponary so they will kill these filthy occupiers like a pig .

 

[Qutb-ud-din Aybak]

Modi's 'settler' masterplan for Indian Kashmir

Parvaiz BUKHARI

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is changing Indian Kashmir's residency laws for the first time since 1947, in a bid to snuff out any challenge to the disputed territory belonging to India.

Drawing comparisons with Israel's "settler" tactics in the Palestinian Territories, Modi's Hindu nationalist government aims to change the demographic makeup and identity of the Muslim-majority region, critics say.

AFP looks at the background, what the new rules are and their implications for the area's 14 million population.

- What has Modi done in Kashmir so far? -

The Himalayan former princely state has been split between India and Pakistan since independence from Britain in 1947.

In the Indian-administered part a conflict between separatist rebels and government forces has killed tens of thousands since 1989, mostly civilians.

More than 65 percent of the population is Muslim. In the Kashmir Valley, the main centre of the rebellion, it is close to 100 percent.

On August 5, 2019 Modi's government revoked articles in the Indian constitution that guaranteed Kashmir's partial autonomy and other rights including its own flag and constitution.

A huge accompanying security operation saw tens of thousands of extra troops -- adding to 500,000 already there -- enforce a siege-like curfew. Thousands were arrested and telecommunications were cut for months.

Jammu & Kashmir state was demoted to a union territory governed directly from New Delhi, while the Ladakh region was carved out into a separate administrative area.

Creating such new "facts on the ground" in Kashmir has long been advocated by the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, the hardline Hindu parent organisation to Modi's BJP party.

The move sent a further shudder through India's 200-million Muslim minority and defenders of its secular traditions, who fear Modi wants to create a Hindu nation -- something he denies.

"What I see unfolding is a Hindu settler colonial project in the making," Mona Bhan, associate professor of anthropology at Syracuse University who has long researched Kashmir, told AFP.

- What happened to Kashmir's special rules? -

Modi's government tore up Kashmir's special residence rules dating back to 1927 which had ensured only permanent residents could own land and property, secure government jobs and university places and vote in local elections.

Now a raft of different categories of people from anywhere in India can apply for domicile certificates, giving them access to all the above.

These include those living in Kashmir for 15 years, who include around 28,000 refugees who fled Pakistan and as many as 1.75 million migrant labourers -- most of whom are Hindus.

In addition, civil servants who have worked in Kashmir for seven years and their children, or students who have taken certain exams, also qualify for domicile status.

The changes are "the most drastic imposed since 1947," Siddiq Wahid, a historian and political analyst, told AFP. "It was done with the intent to open the gates to demographic flooding."

- What do locals have to do? -

Locals too now have to apply for the new "domicile certificates" in order to qualify for permanent resident rights.

To get this, they have to produce their Permanent Resident Certificates (PRC), cherished documents valid since 1927, which then become worthless.

Speaking to AFP on condition of anonymity, an engineering graduate said young Kashmiris were in effect being forced to give their political loyalty to India in exchange for a livelihood.

"They say, you want a job, OK, get the domicile document first," he said.

- Is anybody happy? -

A few people. Bahadur Lal Prajapati, born in Indian Kashmir to Hindu refugees who fled Pakistan during its first war with India over Kashmir seven decades ago, is finally an official resident and has "never been so happy".

"We got the right to live in this part of India as citizens after 72 years of struggle," Prajapati, 55, told AFP from his home in Jammu, the Hindu-dominated district of the region.

One of the first people to receive the new domicile certificate was Navin Kumar Choudhary, a top bureaucrat from the Indian state of Bihar who worked in Kashmir for many years.

Photos on social media of Choudhary proudly holding the certificate sparked huge anger among Kashmiris but delight among Modi's supporters.

- What happens if people complain? -

Some 430,000 new domicile certificates have been issued -- despite the coronavirus pandemic. It is unclear how many of them are to people from outside and how many to locals.

Many locals are refusing to swap their old documents, even though this makes life harder. Some do it in secret for fear of censure from their neighbours.

Wary of being labelled "anti-national" by the authorities many Kashmiris are also scared to speak out openly. Some are deleting their Twitter accounts.

"It's a travesty that I have to compete with outsiders for citizenship rights in my own homeland," said a student -- who also wished also to remain anonymous out of fear of problems with the authorities.

Modi's 'settler' masterplan for Indian Kashmir

Prime Minister Narendra Modi is changing Indian Kashmir's residency laws for the first time since 1947, in a bid to snuff out any challenge to the disputed territory belonging to India.

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We are seeing an Indian version of the German Lebensraum/GeneralPlan Ost in the making in Kashmir.

The strategy is failure.
It don't take conventional armies to kick civilians out in case of victory.
Pakistan will get Kashmir and eventually they will be kicked out again.
With migrants free hand at LOC.

 

[vi-va]

This year will be interesting. Sikh are mobilizing for Khalistan 2020 referendum vote in the diaspora. Already there have been threats against them by Indian government, death threats, declaring their leaders rerrorists, and a Hindu mob attacked Sikhs protesting in Canada.

Sikhs will start facing the same massacres and oppression which Kashmiris and Indian Muslims are undergoing.

International sentiment will turn against India in a big way, because Sikhs are well entrenched in Canadian and British politics.

Pakistan and China should do all they can to use this pressure to take concrete action in Kashmir against India.

For long term confrontation, we need a railway connect Pakistan and China. Even if we can take Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh militarily. It will be very stressful for Pakistan alone to defend the new territory. India has numbers on their side after all. A railway connection can divert China resource across the mountain when needed, such as IFV, Artillery, Air defense system and so on.

In a hypothetical war scenario, a decisive joint action of Pakistan and China. India will be defeated in Kargil and Leh. After that India will lose access to Siachen, about 20,000-50,000 square km, depends on the scale of war.

It's much easier for both sides to defends Kargil and Leh after the war. After that, Kashmir will be the next.

I don't think Modi has any quick solution to balance the power in Kargil and Leh. Modi spent too much efforts on elections, he didn't pay much attention to military at all. The India army is lame duck as before.

 

[SuperStar20]

exactly we should arm Kashmiri frerdom fighters with sophisticated weaponary so they will kill these filthy occupiers like a pig .

When are you coming back to pakistan and infiltrate into Indian kashmir? Meanwhile you can send your family members to do it if you have balls and concern for kashmiri people.

Kashmiri people know what is good for them. Stop interfering with them. If any kashmiri don't like, they can go to pakistan.

 

[Crystal-Clear]

When are you coming back to pakistan and infiltrate into Indian kashmir? Meanwhile you can send your family members to do it if you have balls and concern for kashmiri people.

Kashmiri people know what is good for them. Stop interfering with them. If any kashmiri don't like, they can go to pakistan.

still helping them . cant tell you how .

 

[SuperStar20]

still helping them . cant tell you how .

Well kashmiri people realized your intentions and help. That is the reason, no major surge in militancy even after abrogation of 370 for more than 1 year.

 

[Pan-Islamic-Pakistan]

15 hrs ago....

7 suspected rebels, 1 Indian soldier killed in Kashmir

7 suspected rebels, 1 Indian soldier killed in Kashmir

Officials say seven suspected rebels and an army soldier have been killed in two gunbattles in Indian-administered Kashmir in the last 24 hours

abcnews.go.com

Although we can't trust figures of casualties from Indian sources as Feb 27 and Galwan proved, it still gives us an idea of what is happening.

Being Indian means constantly having a foot in your mouth when speaking.

 

[MilSpec]

Yes come 'settle' in Kashmir, BJP workers being killed whole sale, no industry, ongoing war, daily gun battles and the people hating you, no not just Kashmiri Muslims but also Pandits and Dogras who are now taking a more aggressive stance against it.

J&K: Group of Kashmiri Pandits, Dogras, Sikhs call Centre’s decision undemocratic, unconstitutional

The 64 signatories of the statement demanded the ‘state of siege’ in Jammu and Kashmir be lifted immediately.

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After Dogras, Now Kashmiri Pandits Demand Restoration of Article 370 - The Kashmiriyat

A Kashmiri Migrant Pandit organisation called ‘Reconciliation, Relief and Rehabilitation’ has, today, asked the government to restore the statehood and special status of Jammu Kashmir.The organisation has demanded the revocation of the abrogation of article 370 and 35(A).

thekashmiriyat.co.uk

Oooh 64 people signed a petition, we should be scared, i guess?

 

[MilSpec]

If you think that is hyperbole, you just have to wait and watch. In any case, it is coming from person who has some power in the real world not from anonymous web heroes.

really? tell us more.

 

[MilSpec]

exactly we should arm Kashmiri frerdom fighters with sophisticated weaponary so they will kill these filthy occupiers like a pig .

doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result - Quite Pakistani of you

 

[masterchief_mirza]

Jammu already went from majority Muslim to majority Hindu. Once Jammu is overwhelmingly Hindu they will start settling in lower Kashmir and work their way up. In about 100 years Kashmir will be fully Hindu if we don't act.

This is the single most important post on this thread.

The original article mentions "Hindu majority Jammu" and thus declares openly the outcome of a historical genocide. Jammu should never have become a Hindu majority state. Pakistan must not rest now until the crimes of 2019 and 1947 are undone permanently.

 

[waz]

Oooh 64 people signed a petition, we should be scared, i guess?

You mock those who come from there, whilst quashing their rights, how ever so thoughtful of you.

 

[Crystal-Clear]

Well kashmiri people realized your intentions and help. That is the reason, no major surge in militancy even after abrogation of 370 for more than 1 year.

lol is that why you imposed an year long curfew?

 

[Crystal-Clear]

doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result - Quite Pakistani of you

withdraw from cities .
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you wont . why ?
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you know why .
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even in the dire need at lac you "cant" withdraw from the valley .

 

[Pan-Islamic-Pakistan]

doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result - Quite Pakistani of you

@waz Why does this guy still have a title? How can he get away with insulting Pakistanis again and again?