Crucial questions about Centre’s action on J&K’s constitutional status remain unanswered | The Indian Express

Crucial questions about Centre’s action on J&K’s constitutional status remain unanswered | The Indian Express

Written by Radha Kumar |Updated: August 10, 2019 8:23:17 am

The writer is director general of the Delhi Policy Group. Views are personal

Crucial questions about Centre’s action on J&K’s constitutional status remain unanswered

This is the first time in the history of independent India that a state has been demoted to a union territory. The PM’s explanation for an act of such far-reaching consequences was astonishingly weak.

This is the first time in the history of independent India that a state has been demoted to a union territory (UT). (Express photo: Shuaib Masoodi)

On August 8, Prime Minister Narendra Modi finally addressed the nation on recent moves that fundamentally altered the character of Jammu and Kashmir and took the country by surprise, indeed shock.