Needs to Understand Kashmiri People.

One month has passed since the repeal of Section 370. In order to improve the situation in Kashmir, it is necessary to understand the common Kashmiri man and turn to his side.

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One month has passed since the central government divided Jammu and Kashmir and repealed Article 370. Although Pakistan and China have expressed outrage over this, many countries have been cautious. It showed how much indifference there is internationally about Kashmir. Feelings of dissatisfaction with both the Islamist current and the terrorist network have also contributed to this. Therefore, it has helped India to have a special place in the international arena strategically.

However, such a moderation is not promising. Often such roles depend on the extent of the violence. Especially if the policy of the Indian Army becomes more aggressive, we cannot give any assurance about this restraint. It was accepted that bringing a hammer on civil liberties and shutting down telecom services would help in reversing the latter situation. However, normal life needs to be restored as soon as possible, avoiding the incitement to violence. Of course, it must be acknowledged that "normal life" is a controversial concept in Kashmir, no matter what it means.

The number of protests and agitations is less now than in previous incidents. The crowd at Saura was about 4,000 people, which was easy to handle. So the government has gone through a very big light. Now civic restrictions are slowly being lifted. There is still much to be done, but the government will not be able to do it fast. For any democracy, civil liberties is not just a test of external credibility, it is a commitment to national principles.

Today, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government predicts that his current action will prove to be a good decision for the Kashmir Valley. The need here is to eradicate fundamentalism and terrorism, but it is not enough for them to do just that. Modi's credibility ultimately depends on how much he is willing to uphold and enhance the dignity of the common Kashmiri people. Hence the need to inculcate a new social commitment among the disenfranchised citizens of the rest of India and Kashmir.

The historically tense relationship between the Kashmir Valley and India has been mediated by political elites, also known as businessmen. In the last 70 years, New Delhi and its various departments (including the intelligence department) have sown the seeds of state government and ruling groups in Srinagar, as well as important opposition leaders. For certain types of industrious Kashmiris, this made politics not only an attractive option but also a game of making a lot of money.

In February 2006, a telegram was sent to New Delhi from the US Embassy. Which was published by WikiLeaks. This telegram presents a sad story. ”Corruption is rampant across the party's borders and ordinary Kashmiris assume that politically-linked Kashmiri leaders take money from both India and Pakistan. Also, money taken from Saudi and other foreign extremists adversely affects Kashmiri politics, encourages political leaders to perpetuate internal conflicts and distorts state and central government institutions. On the one hand, while this gutter of money has brought prosperity to many Kashmiri families and raised real estate prices, it also raises the question of whether the Kashmiri elites really want a definite solution to their problems.

To the general Kashmiri people, the language of respect and diversity of the majority spoken by the Modi government today has little to do with it. By paying attention to the 87 members of the Legislative Assembly, their aspirations have been ignored. Will the government address the issue of the depth of democracy and the growing participation in the Indian system? In the last 40 years, Kashmir has held only three panchayat elections in 2018. After the elections, the Modi government promised to transfer welfare and development-oriented finances, as well as economic projects and social programs through the 43,000 elected representatives from panchayats and corporations.

There is a demand for public goods and services at the local level, as well as a latent desire (that gambling) that their distribution rights should be at the panchayat level. Such a demand may be related to the demand for Kashmiri identity but it is very small. This contradiction is supported by the voting statistics. In the 2018 Panchayat elections, 40% of the total electorate exercised their right to vote, while the turnout in the 2019 Lok Sabha was much lower.

Democracies at the village and municipal levels will increase administrative efficiency and empathy and reduce corruption. No one has claimed that this will completely end the problems of Kashmir. But, it can be a great attempt to make a fresh start.

In a 2004 study published at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington, DC, Wajahat Habibullah, a distinguished administrative officer, outlined the political economy of Kashmir. % The fund is to be raised by the state itself. From 1950 to 1990, however, the state reaped the opposite benefits, borrowing 80% of the funds from the central government. Since 1990, however, the insurgency has had a devastating effect on the state's financial situation.

However, as the Kashmiri conflict became a new venture, much of the money was squandered. Habibullah recounts this heartbreaking history, "which created a sense of disrespect among the Kashmiri people as traders about both India and Pakistan." In this way, the Kashmiri people felt marginalized and angry with those in power.