Indian Premier Nahendra Modi defended his ongoing crackdown on Kashmir,
and his Monday move to revise the constitution to eliminate Kashmir’s
autonomy, saying that all the autonomy ever accomplished was “terrorism and separatism,” and that he believes this will “free” the region.
Muslim-majority Kashmir was, until Monday, guaranteed full autonomy in
everything but military and foreign policy. The legal change will allow
Hindu settlers to move into the region en masse, and hold state
government jobs.
Modi accused Pakistan of using Kashmiri autonomy as a weapon against
India, and said locals could expect that infrastructure projects in
Kashmir will be greatly expedited by not being autonomous.
Pakistan has been greatly critical of the Kashmir crackdown, and has
promised to take the matter to the UN Security Council. It is expected
that there will also be legal challenges within India on the
constitution change, though a communications blackout has much of
Kashmir unaware what is happening at this point.
Please, no one write a word against Mr. Modi because it will upset our “moderator” Robert L. Knapp.
Mr. Knapp does not wish to engage in any opinion expressed in posts here, but rather launch personal attacks against the poster. Of course, he will deny it even though there is plenty of evidence to the contrary.
I asked him two simple questions in light of his expertise on India: 1) Have you lived in India, and 2) Have you read the The God of Small Things by award-winning Indian writer Arundhati Roy. Rather than respond, he attacked me for being anti-Hindu.
Hey, Knapp, do you even know who Dr. Amedkar was? No don’t google it, just tell me if you do or don’t given your expertise on India. Ever heard of Shaikh Abdullah (yes, do google that name)….
Finally, Knapp, try and keep it clean.
“Please, no one write a word against Mr. Modi because it will upset our ‘moderator’ Robert L. Knapp.”
If you’re going to lie about me, at least get my name right.
Little known fact, Nahendra Modi and Benjamin Netanyahu are actually the same damn person. SSSHHH! (It’s a secret.)