India's governing Bharatiya Janata Party makes election promise to remove decades-old special rights for the people of India-administered Kashmir
"Nationalism is our inspiration," Prime Minister Modi says at the release of the BJP's election manifesto. Modi's BJP consistently advocates ending disputed Kashmir's special status, which prevents outsiders from buying property in the region.
"Nationalism is our inspiration," Prime Minister Narendra Modi said at the release of the BJP's election manifesto at the party headquarters in New Delhi. Political leaders in India-administered Kashmir, India's only Muslim-majority state where it is fighting an armed rebellion against its rule, have warned that repealing the law would lead to widespread unrest.
Surveys suggest the BJP is the front-runner going into the election, although some have said it could lose the clear majority it won five years ago. Congress leaders later gave details that the amendments pertained to reviewing the immunity granted to security forces only in cases of enforced disappearance, sexual violence and torture.The manifesto also seeks to counter voter discontent over a lack of jobs and low farm incomes, which have resulted in protests across the country.
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