NEW YORK – An influential American newspaper Friday characterized as“absurd” the claim by Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi that revocationof occupied Kashmir’s special status meant that the people there, have gotequal rights with other Indians, pointing out that the disputed state was“essentially under martial law.”
The New York Times’ Editorial Board said that Modi’s clampdown on Kashmirwould, in fact, only heighten tensions in the region and make life moremiserable for Kashmiris, instead of his claim that it would resolve theconflict and bring normality and development to the troubled state.
The Times, in its editorial, also said that the United Nations cannotignore Kashmir anymore, as it focused on Prime Minister Imran Khan’swarning that failure to resolve the crisis, could result in a war betweennuclear-armed India and Pakistan.
