NATIONALIST AGENDA SINCE KASHMIR IS A MUSLIM MAJORITY STATE.
HERE’S A LOOK AT WHAT’S
HAPPENING IN KASHMIR.
>> ACCESS TO INFORMATION SHOULD
NEVER BE BLOCKED.
IF YOU CALL YOURSELF A LIBERAL
DEMOCRACY, THE MEANS SHOULD
ALWAYS JUSTIFY THE ENDS.
>> Reporter: WHAT IS ARTICLE
370?
370? >> ARTICLE 370 IS PART OF THE
INDIAN CONSTITUTION TO PROVIDE A
SPECIAL STATEMENT -- AS A RESULT
OF WHICH, MANY OF THE LAWS BY
THE PARLIAMENT --
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♪ >> THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT JUST
OVERTURNED ARTICLE 370.
CAN YOU WALK ME THROUGH WHAT
WERE THE MOTIVATIONS ON THE PART
OF THE INDIAN GOVERNMENT IN
OVERTURNING ARTICLE 370?
>> --
>> -- >> RECENTLY THE INDIAN
GOVERNMENT OVERTURNED ARTICLE
370.
370. WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR KASHMIR?
>> INDIA CLAIMS THAT NOW KASHMIR
IS COMPLETELY INTEGRATED WITH
INDIA.
INDIA. AND WHAT HAS REALLY HAPPENED IN
THE AFTERMATH OF THIS IS SEVERE
CURTAILMENT OF INFORMATION,
PROPAGANDA, DEBUNKING OF DATA.
SOMETHING THE GOVERNMENT HAS
DONE CONSISTENTLY.
DONE CONSISTENTLY. WE ARE CONSTANTLY FIGHTING TO
ESTABLISH FACTS AGAINST THE MODI
GOVERNMENT’S OPINIONS.
GOVERNMENT’S OPINIONS. >> WHY WAS THIS OVERTURNED NOW?
>> EVERYBODY KNEW THE
GOVERNMENT --
GOVERNMENT -- >> YOU SPECIALIZE IN NATIONAL
SECURITY ISSUES.
SECURITY ISSUES. IN DAYS BEFORE THIS MOVE,
TOURISTS AND PILGRIMS WERE
ACTUALLY TOLD TO LEAVE THE AREA
BECAUSE OF A POTENTIAL NATIONAL
SECURITY THREAT.
SECURITY THREAT. DO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT THREAT
WAS?
WAS? >> THEY PROBABLY HAD SPECIFIC
INFORMATION THEY WOULD ONCE
AGAIN ATTACK --
>> 500,000 TROOPS ARE ALREADY IN
THIS REGION AND THE INDIAN STATE
ALREADY HAS -- WHAT WE’VE REALLY
SEEN IS A CREATION OF A KWLIE
MATT OF FEAR.
THEY ARE BOTH ANGRY AND UPSET
AND MANY DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT’S
REALLY HAPPENING ON THE GROUND.
>> THERE HAVE ALSO BEEN REPORTS
THAT HUNDREDS, POTENTIALLY
THOUSANDS OF KASHMIRI
POLITICIANS HAVE BEEN ARRESTED
AND THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS HAVE
BEEN PLACED UNDER HOUSE ARREST
UNDER THE PUBLIC SAFETY ACT.
WHY WAS THAT NECESSARY?
>> --
>> -- THIS IS BEING DONE AS A
PROTECTIVE MEASURE TO ENSURE
THERE IS NO LOSS OF LIFE.
AND --
AND -- >> AS SOON AS WE TAKE THIS BAN,
A CURFEW, ARRESTS, MOVEMENT OF
INDIAN TROOPS INTO THE AREA,
WHY?
WHY? WHAT IS THE PURPOSE OF THESE
STEPS?
STEPS? >> ONE IS CURTAILMENT OF
PROTEST.
PROTEST. THE SECOND -- ONE, IT MAKES IT
IMPOSSIBLE FOR INFORMATION TO
COME OUT OF KASHMIR, AND IT ALSO
MAKES IT ABSOLUTELY EASY FOR THE
INDIAN STATE TO BE THE ONLY
SOURCE OF WHAT’S HAPPENING.
AND FINALLY, CURFEWS
HISTORICALLY, WHETHER IT’S IN
KASHMIR, WHETHER IT’S IN OTHER
PARTS OF THE WORLD ARE ALSO USED
AS A DISCIPLINE AND PUNISH
TACTICS.
TACTICS. DEMORALIZE THE POPULATION.
AND YOU PUNISH THEM FOR THEIR
RESISTANCE.
RESISTANCE. >> IF YOU SAY THIS IS A GOOD
THING FOR THE PEOPLE OF KASHMIR,
WHY WERE ALL THESE STEPS
NECESSARY AND WHY DO YOU THINK
PEOPLE THERE ARE UPSET?
>> WELL, BECAUSE --
>> WE SPOKE TO SOMEONE FROM THE
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISORY BOARD
IN INDIA.
IN INDIA. AND WHEN WE ASKED ABOUT THE
MOTIVATIONS BEHIND OVERTURNING
ARTICLE 370, WE TALKED ABOUT
CERTAIN RIGHTS KASHMIRI PEOPLE
DIDN’T HAVE THEY WILL NOW HAVE
ACCESS TO.
ACCESS TO. HE VIEWED IT AS A POSITIVE THING
FOR THE KASHMIR PEOPLE.
>> THEY PUT UP THE ACTUAL STATS
ON DEVELOPMENT.
ON DEVELOPMENT. IT WAS RUN BY THE CURRENT PRIME
MINISTER WHEN HE WAS CHIEF
MINISTER.
MINISTER. WHAT WE CONSTANTLY SEE IS
KASHMIR DOES MUCH BETTER THAN --
THE WOMEN IN KASHMIR HAVE BETTER
ACCESS TO PRIMARY CARE.
EVERY DEVELOPMENT, KASHMIR DOES
BETTER THAN --
>> WHY SHOULD PEOPLE HERE IN THE
U.S. OR PEOPLE IN THE
INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY PAY
ATTENTION TO THIS?
>> INDIA AND PAKISTAN ARE BOTH
NUCLEAR POWER.
NUCLEAR POWER. IN CASE SOMETHING HAPPENS,
THEY’RE GOING TO BRING THE WORLD
TO THE BRINK OF A NUCLEAR
DISASTER.
DISASTER. IF NOT THAT, WE SHOULD ALSO
THINK ABOUT THE RAMIFICATION OF
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU DEPRIVE 8
MILLION PEOPLE IN A REGION OF
THEIR RIGHT TO DECIDE WHAT’S
HAPPENING.
HAPPENING. >> WHAT IS THIS IDEA OF INDIA?
>> IT’S SUPPOSED TO BE
DEMOCRATIC AND FREE AND SECULAR,
THEN ALLOW PEOPLE TO DECIDE WHAT
THEY WANT.
THEY WANT. IT IS NOT AN AMERICAN ISSUE,