Whether for or against it Kashmiri politicians obsessed with Article 370

Politics in Jammu and Kashmir since the country’s independence in 1947 had never undergone a metamorphosis of the kind it did after the abrogation of article 370 by the Parliament on August 5, 2019.

In their political discourse, politicians in J&K used to speak of different issues, some promised government jobs, some promised corruption free administration, some promised subsidies while others made lofty promises of leading the state into an era of prosperity and development.

All political parties in the erstwhile state of J&K promised everything except making the promise of heaven in the World hereafter.

Taking advantage of the failure of local mainstream and national political parties to bring in the promised ‘Utopia’ in J&K, separatists started gaining currency by exploiting the political and administrative inabilities of the Pro-India parties.

The separatist had their single-dose panacea for Kashmiris, an outright breakaway from India and subsequent decision to remain independent or merge with Pakistan.

For people frustrated by the failure of Pro-India politicians and given their regal lifestyles made possible only by rampant corruption, the grass appeared greener on the other side of the fence to the common citizen.