New Delhi: A transformation is underway in Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh, External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar said on Wednesday on the first anniversary of the Centre’s decision to revoke the special status of the region.
Taking to Twitter, Jaishankar highlighted application of progressive laws, delivery of social justice, empowerment and support for vulnerable sections and rolling out of development projects as part of the transformation.
A transformation underway in Jammu & Kashmir and in Ladakh –
•Application of progressive laws
•Delivery of social justice
•Advancement of women’s rights and empowerment
•Support for vulnerable sections pic.twitter.com/MyS3UyNBxh
— Dr. S. Jaishankar (@DrSJaishankar) August 5, 2020
The external affairs minister listed expansion of education and employment opportunities and advancement of women’s rights as other takeaways.
“A transformation underway in Jammu & Kashmir and in Ladakh,” he said.
On August 5 last year, the Centre announced its decision to withdraw special powers of Jammu and Kashmir and bifurcate the state into two union territories.
Since, then Pakistan has been unsuccessfully trying to rally international support against India on the issue.
The relations between the two countries nosedived following India’s decision on Jammu and Kashmir.
Pakistan downgraded diplomatic ties with India and expelled the Indian High Commissioner.
The Centre has rolled out a number of development projects and welfare schemes for Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh in the last one year.
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The comments relating development with the Art 370 abolition are totally wrong. Most projects in J&K are works like hydro, transmission lines, highways, rail links etc and have been going on last 5-8 years . The existence of Art 370 was never an impediment to such work and to say so is pure BJP propaganda.
Your acheivements are
1 Forced disappearance
2 Internet blackouts
3 Thousands of kashmiries in outside jails
4 New media policy
5 Thousands of PSA’s
6 40000 crore loss to Kashmir economy
7 Destruction of educational system
8 Political vaccum
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A very mature assessment of the year gone by in a column by Dr Manoj Joshi in Wire.
what a joke!