On August 5, 2019, the Narendra Modi government abrogated ‘Article 370’ in the state of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K). It stripped the state of its special status and bifurcated the state into two Union Territories.
The move, seemingly constitutional in its method, was in essence a breach of trust. The Kashmiri consensus was missing in the revocation; most of the mainstream Kashmiri leaders had been detained, and the union government imposed a communications blackout and an indefinite curfew in the state.
The truth is, Kashmiris have been betrayed. But is the Modi-government the only party to have broken the trust of the Kashmiri people?
Kashmir has faced a breach of trust at the hands of the Indian state. In 1953, when Jawaharlal Nehru was the Prime Minister of India, Sheikh Abdullah, former head of the National Conference was accused of treason and imprisoned for twelve years.
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