After 3 years of Abrogation of Article 370, unemployment surges in Kashmir and even the educated youth are staggering without jobs at 46.3%
Celebrated Professor from Sweden, Ashok Swain tweets, “After 3 years of abrogation of Art 370, the unemployment rate in Kashmir has reached 32.8%. The unemployment rate among educated youth is even much worse: 46.3%”
After 3 years of abrogation of Art 370, the unemployment rate in Kashmir has reached 32.8%. The unemployment rate among educated youth is even much worse: 46.3%
— Ashok Swain (@ashoswai) September 3, 2022
As the abrogation of Article 370 and the creation of two Union Territories from the erstwhile state of Jammu & Kashmir completed three years on Friday, mainstream political leaders in Kashmir said they will continue to struggle for the restoration of J&K’s special status
When three years ago, on August 5, Article 370 was revoked by the Parliament and the state was divided into two Union Territories – Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, all mainstream leaders were put under house arrest. It came as a shock to the Kashmiri leaders who were promised this would never happen, not without their consent.
The leaders are still fighing for the restoration of Artice 370. People’s Democratic Party (PDP) president, Mehbooba Mufti held protest demonstration for restoration of Article 370 outside the party office in Srinagar on the third year of abrogation of the Article 370 by Indian Parliament.
Kashmiri Leaders What Articles 370 and 35A Restored
Addressing the workers, Mehbooba Mufti said that for people of Kashmir August 5, is a black day. “Our special status, flag and our constitution was snatched from us in an undemocratic way. These rights were given to us by the Indian constitution,” she said.
Later in a series of tweets, PDP president, said that BJP designs have got unravelled.
“As BJPs malicious designs for J&K have unravelled, the pattern of suppression & fear is now knocking at the door in rest of the country too. Weaponising their pet agencies & using terror laws to stifle dissent has become the norm,” Mehbooba Mufti said.
“Your silence & complicity emboldened GOI to wreck havoc. Today they are trampling upon Indian democracy by subverting every pillar that supported it. BJP’s so called integration of J&K which never happened has cost us heavily,” she said in another tweet.
Mehbooba Mufti stated that J&K has slipped on the development indices index. “J&K has slipped on the development indices index. Unemployment & inflation is at an all time high. The facade of normalcy is as real as ‘Sabka saath sabka vikaas’.”
National Conference, Vice President, Omar Abdullah said that they will continue their peaceful struggle. “We will continue our peaceful struggle using all legal & constitutional means to challenge what was done to J&K on 5th Aug 2019. The road ahead may be a long one, full of twists & turns but it’s not one @JKNC_will abandon,” Omar tweeted. National Conference also held a function at its party office Nawai Subh in Srinagar.
National Conference president Dr Farooq Abdullah, who presided the meeting said that August 5, 2019 marks breach of trust, decisions are not acceptable to the party. “We hope that SC will reverse the unilateral, undemocratic and unconstitutional decisions. Will continue to fight for our rights peacefully,” he said.
CPI (M) general secretary and spokesman of the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD), an amalgamation of mainstream parties demanding restoration of special status, Mohammad Yusuf Tarigami said that three years ago J&K was robbed.
“On this day in 2019, the Central government upended the constitution and robbed Jammu & Kashmir of what it hard achieved after a hard-fought battle by locking away thousands overnight. We reiterate our cast iron resolve to unitedly work for restoration of what was snatched from us,” said Tarigami in a tweet.
What Happened After Abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A
Three years after the Abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A, Kashmir was still reeling under shock with economic loss, tense situations, with over 700,000 Army troops and Kashmir is now the most militarized zone in the world but even so, few days, someone is shot dead and gun battles are fierce. Tourism is down in the doldrums
International media has been banned from covering events in Kashmir while Amnesty International has been asked to leave India.
In all this, suicides and depression triggered, jobs were lost while businesses plunged, and tourism crashed in Kashmir. Things are slowly dragging along a meandering pathway and it is very hard for Kashmir to come back to normal. There are still no industries or growth or jobs in Kashmir, nothing is happening as was promised which is why August 5th is called a Black Day for Kashmiris.