PAPER ID: Vol. I Issue I (April to June 2023 )/1-6/1
AUTHOR : Dr. Ashok Kumar Atri
TITLE: THE ABROGATION OF ARTICLE 370 AND AFTER: CHANGING CONTOURS IN KASHMIR
ABSTRACT: After the grand success in parliamentary election in 2019, the BJP government has broken the status quo and integrates this state to the rest of country by the abrogating controversial article 370. This change has opened up new strategic field for Indian policy makers’ to start talk within in Kashmir. This policy reorientation has found an initial success in consolidating its changed stance in Kashmir in these years. A combination of soft power and hard power has emerged as the key of policy reorientation by India to settle this issue for a time being. Consequently the latter has found an initial success in containing terrorist activities and occurring nefarious design. Development activities and direct inroad towards local communities is another milestone of success that made the situation here very constructive for policy makers’
KEYWORDS: Abrogation, Article 370, Terrorism, Locals folks, Back to Villages