Following the decision to abrogate Sections 370 and 35A on August 5, the Jammu and Kashmir will be officially bifurcated from October 31 into two union territories: Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh. The erstwhile state that enjoyed the special status until recently, will no longer be even a state. Although RSS and BJP have achieved what they had aimed for, are Kashmiris happy with it? According to senior journalist Urmilesh, these developments constitute a tragedy for the so-called paradise on the earth.
First published in Newsclick.
