Jottings - Slice of life - 319 ( a tumultuous political week in India - Abrogation of article 370 - Modi's masterstroke, and the sad story of the appointment of the interim president of the INC)
Jottings - Slice of life - 319 ( a tumultuous political week in India - Abrogation of article 370 - Modi's masterstroke, and the sad story of the appointment of the interim president of the INC) It has been a momentous week in Indian politics. The Modi government, fulfilling one of its primal election promises, have acted decisively within months of being reelected. The beautiful valley of Kasmir is once again the theater of a massive political experiment. A state has now become a Union territory. Without much dialogue or consultation with the opposition party, and within few opening hours of deliberation in the legislative assembly, the ruling party - the BJP, on the 5th of August 2019 introduced a bill abrogating the special status accorded to the beautiful valley and making a part of India albeit with reduced status. The provisions under Article 370 -promulgated under the most fortuituous conditions in those crucial early years of India Independence - is no more valid, and w