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Article 370 ya Katiba ya India iliipa Jammu and Kashmir hadhi fulani ya kujitawala (autonomy) kama ilivyo Zanzibar kwa Tanzania. Ili kumaliza chokochoko za kila mara huko Kashmir, imetoka Presidential Order ya kulimeza rasmi hilo jimbo na, kwa maana hiyo, kuanzia sasa, Jammu and Kashmir halina choice tena na badala yake litakuwa na hadhi sawa na majimbo/mikoa mingine ya India. Je, si wakati muafaka sasa Tanzania ikafanya kama ilivyofanya India ili kuondoa sintofahamu za mara kwa mara? Pascal Mayalla
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The Indian government on Monday issued a presidential order to scrap the constitutionally mandated special status of Kashmir, the country's only Muslim-majority region.
Here are five things to know about the unprecedented move:
- What is Article 370? -
Article 370 gave Jammu and Kashmir state a special position in India's union. The provision gave Kashmir's assembly the power to vet national laws passed by New Delhi.
It also gave the state a separate constitution and a flag.
Under the provision, Indians outside the state were blocked from permanently settling, buying land, holding local government jobs and securing education scholarships.
Under the changed status, the region will now be governed by the laws applicable to other Indian citizens.
- Why now? -
The Hindu nationalist government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi enjoys a sizeable majority in parliament after dominating the polls in the April-May elections.
Modi's right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) can now push through parliament its key policy goals. This includes the BJP's long-held promise to scrap Article 370, which it argues is necessary to integrate Kashmir with the rest of the country.
Critics say the BJP's latest move is a part of its agenda to please core supporters and win more votes by stoking Hindu nationalist fervour.
The move is in line with its muscular approach towards Kashmir and Pakistan, which also claims the former Himalayan kingdom.
- Significance -
The special status, which has been in place since May 14, 1954, has helped Kashmiri Muslims and other communities preserve their strong sense of culture.
The ditching of the status has highlighted long-running fears that the local way of life and customs could be lost amid migration from other parts of the country.
Analysts say the Indian government wants to change the region's demographics by allowing non-Kashmiris, mostly Hindus, to buy land and settle there permanently.
It is also likely to worsen the simmering and bloody rebellion in Kashmir, where an insurgency over the past three decades has left more than 70,000 dead, mainly civilians.
Source: https://news.yahoo.com/five-things-know-indian-kashmirs-changed-status-115534895.html
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The Indian government on Monday issued a presidential order to scrap the constitutionally mandated special status of Kashmir, the country's only Muslim-majority region.
Here are five things to know about the unprecedented move:
- What is Article 370? -
Article 370 gave Jammu and Kashmir state a special position in India's union. The provision gave Kashmir's assembly the power to vet national laws passed by New Delhi.
It also gave the state a separate constitution and a flag.
Under the provision, Indians outside the state were blocked from permanently settling, buying land, holding local government jobs and securing education scholarships.
Under the changed status, the region will now be governed by the laws applicable to other Indian citizens.
- Why now? -
The Hindu nationalist government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi enjoys a sizeable majority in parliament after dominating the polls in the April-May elections.
Modi's right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) can now push through parliament its key policy goals. This includes the BJP's long-held promise to scrap Article 370, which it argues is necessary to integrate Kashmir with the rest of the country.
Critics say the BJP's latest move is a part of its agenda to please core supporters and win more votes by stoking Hindu nationalist fervour.
The move is in line with its muscular approach towards Kashmir and Pakistan, which also claims the former Himalayan kingdom.
- Significance -
The special status, which has been in place since May 14, 1954, has helped Kashmiri Muslims and other communities preserve their strong sense of culture.
The ditching of the status has highlighted long-running fears that the local way of life and customs could be lost amid migration from other parts of the country.
Analysts say the Indian government wants to change the region's demographics by allowing non-Kashmiris, mostly Hindus, to buy land and settle there permanently.
It is also likely to worsen the simmering and bloody rebellion in Kashmir, where an insurgency over the past three decades has left more than 70,000 dead, mainly civilians.
Source: https://news.yahoo.com/five-things-know-indian-kashmirs-changed-status-115534895.html