The legislative assembly of Indian-occupied Kashmir (IoK) passed a resolution on Wednesday calling for New Delhi to reinstate the partial autonomy of the Muslim-majority region, which Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government had revoked in 2019. In 2019, New Delhi abruptly revoked the IoK’s special status, which resulted in a months-long communications blackout and mass arrests.
Since then, a governor chosen by New Delhi has been in charge. However, voters chose a government against Modi’s Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) in the territory’s local legislative assembly election last month. The resolution, which was approved by a majority vote, stated that “this assembly calls upon the Government of India to initiate dialogue with elected representatives of people of Jammu and Kashmir for restoration of special status.” The 29 members of the BJP
