Name: Why India's crackdown in Kashmir is a big deal | FT
Uploaded: 2020-04-04T08:12:22.000Z
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The state of Jammu and Kashmir is on lockdown.

Extra forces are in the streets and the phone signals

Basic passive voice

are cut after India revoked the state's special status.

New Delhi modified a constitutional provision

giving the country's only Muslim-majority state autonomy

such as barring non-residents from buying land.

The changes not only take away special privileges

but demote the state to a union territory,

giving New Delhi far more control over the contested

Kashmiris fear that Mr Modi's BJP ultimately

wants to change the demographic character of the region

Jammu and Kashmir received special rights

when the state was incorporated into Hindu-majority

India rather than Muslim-majority Pakistan.

India and Pakistan have fought three bloody wars

resented what they see as heavy-handed New Delhi rule.

Islamabad's response is the biggest and potentially

New Delhi alleges Pakistan uses terrorist proxies to wage war

It is unclear how long the lockdown will last

or when communication links will be restored.

But many are braced for violence if and when