NEW DELHI – In a first, India admits strong international pressure overOccupied Kashmir, takes hints from Pakistan in following the footsteps.
India media has admitted government is Under pressure from theinternational community over restrictions in Jammu and Kashmir since August5.
Bharatiya Janata Party-led government plans to take a group of foreigndiplomats to the state a day after Pakistan took the US diplomats to theAzad Kashmir.
The fact-checking mission is meant to show them that all is well. Highlyplaced sources in the government said that several diplomats have alreadybeen ‘sounded out’ about the trip, but a final decision is awaited.
Even though the government claims that the situation in J&K is largelynormal, there are still restrictions in many parts of Jammu and Kashmir.It is learnt that the government is waiting for the situation to becomelittle more conducive to take the diplomats to Kashmir.
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Though the world community has mostly backed India on the issue of Kashmirand the government’s decision to abrogate Article 370 to strip the state ofits special status, there is growing impatience with regard to theprolonged security curbs in the state.
It has been 63 days since the government sent more troops to J&K, imposedcurfew restricting people’s movement, put political leaders under housearrest, and cut mobile phone services, rendering the media severelyconstrained and unable to report.
With most Kashmiri leaders still under detention, the internationalcommunity has expressed concerns over the human rights situation in J&K. OnSaturday, American senator Elizabeth Warren, a US presidential candidate,expressed concerns over the communication blackout.
