Indian security forces personnel patrol the streets in Srinagar after the government scrapped Kashmir’s special status. Photo: Reuters
Is India’s Kashmir move an attempt to shift its Muslim demographic?
- The fear Muslim numbers will overtake Hindus in certain parts of the country is an old clarion call of Narendra Modi’s BJP and its base
- Critics fear Kashmiris are being reduced to a minority in their own state as the BJP tries to ramp up numbers and support there
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Indian security forces personnel patrol the streets in Srinagar after the government scrapped Kashmir’s special status. Photo: Reuters