Indian-controlled Kashmir’s regional legislature has passed a resolution demanding the federal government restore the disputed region’s semi-autonomy. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Bharatiya Janata Party, which is in a minority in the local assembly, voted against the nonbinding resolution.
Ajaz Jan, a national conference lawmaker, holds a poster inside the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir , Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024, as the resolution was passed in the assembly to restore the special status of Jammu and Kashmir , which was revoked on Aug. 5, 2019. Indian lawmakers of Bharatiya Janata Party protest inside the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly in Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir , Wednesday, Nov.
The region continues to remain a “union territory” — directly controlled by the federal government with India’s Parliament as its main legislator.
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