The BJP-led Indian government’s direct military and police rule in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir has completed six years, with no political government elected through elections, despite New Delhi’s claims of being a democracy.
According to Kashmir Media Service, New Delhi’s direct rule in IIOJK began on June 19, 2018, when Mehbooba Mufti, the then-chief minister and president of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), resigned after the BJP withdrew its support from her administration. This move led to the collapse of the coalition government in J&K.
On August 5, 2019, the Modi regime unlawfully revoked Articles 370 and 35A, which granted special status to IIOJK. The territory was bifurcated into two Union Territories — Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh — without the consent of the oppressed people of occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
The BJPs actions have been severely criticized by the regional political parties such as National Conference and Peoples Democratic Party, as well as by various Indian political factions. They have condemned the continued autocratic rule imposed by New Delhi.—KMS
