{"id":6760,"date":"2019-08-11T14:04:38","date_gmt":"2019-08-11T05:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2019\/aug\/11\/observer-view-on-kashmir-india-pakistan"},"modified":"2019-08-11T14:04:38","modified_gmt":"2019-08-11T05:04:38","slug":"the-observer-view-on-indias-aggression-over-kashmir-observer-editorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/?p=6760","title":{"rendered":"The Observer view on India\u2019s aggression over Kashmir | Observer editorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Narendra Modi\u2019s high-handed action over the disputed territory is likely to revive conflict with Pakistan<\/p>\n<p>The crisis over Kashmir, triggered by the Indian government\u2019s decision to impose direct rule from Delhi, has universal relevance. It says much about the times we live in and how we are ruled. Here is a semi-autonomous state, part of a federal union protected by a constitution, which has seen its <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/world\/2019\/aug\/05\/india-revoke-disputed-kashmir-special-status\" title=\"\">democratic freedoms abruptly abolished<\/a> by executive decree. This was a very Indian coup, but one with a global context.<\/p>\n<p>Narendra Modi, India\u2019s prime minister, and the ruling nationalist BJP stand accused of acting without proper legal authority by unilaterally revoking article 370 of the constitution, which guarantees Kashmir\u2019s special status. Delhi\u2019s arbitrary bifurcation of the state into two union territories (Jammu and Kashmir, and Ladakh) is also legally contentious. Opponents say Modi has <a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/opinion\/columns\/jammu-kashmir-article-370-scrapped-special-status-amit-shah-narendra-modi-bjp-5880797\/\" title=\"\">opted for \u201craw power\u201d over legitimacy<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2019\/aug\/11\/observer-view-on-kashmir-india-pakistan\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Narendra Modi\u2019s high-handed action over the disputed territory is likely to revive conflict with PakistanThe crisis over Kashmir, triggered by the Indian government\u2019s decision to impose direct rule from Delhi, has universal relevance. It says much abou&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":363,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"sns_share_botton_hide":"","vkExUnit_sns_title":"","_vk_print_noindex":"","sitemap_hide":"","_veu_custom_css":"","veu_display_promotion_alert":"","vkexunit_cta_each_option":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[359,62,432,433,60,61,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-imran-khan","category-india","category-kashmir","category-narendra-modi","category-pakistan","category-south-and-central-asia","category-world-news"],"veu_head_title_object":{"title":"","add_site_title":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/363"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6760"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6760\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6761,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6760\/revisions\/6761"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/eastasianews.net\/wp\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}