The Kasmir issue
The Kashmir
issue is mainly in between india and Pakistan .This issue started from the
independence from british rule in August
1947 . Maharaja Hari Singh was the then ruler of
Kashmir. Hari Singh was Hindu and majority of Kashmir population was Muslim.
But in October 1948, Pakistan sent its tribesmen who were knocking at the gates
of capital Shrinagar which destroyed the hopes of Hari Singh of independent
state. Than hari singh asked help to Indian military to help them out and from
that help Kashmir was officially a part of the
India Union. Kashmir was granted special status under the article 370 of
India’s constitution. The article states that ‘non-Kashmiri’ Indians cannot buy
property in Kashmir. The democratic development in Kashmir was very slowerd
down in the year 1970s .
Than government has been reversed in 1988. The elections in 2008
were labelled as fair by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and
had a higher voter turnout in spite of terror calls from the separatist
militants for the boycott of the elections. The election resulted in the
formation of Jammu and Kashmir conference which led to the formation of
government in Jammu and Kashmir. According to voice of America, many analysts
believe that the voter turnout had a close connection with the fact that the
Kashmir population wants Indian rule in the state.
The population of the
Indian-administered state of Jammu and Kashmir is more than 60% Muslim, making
it the only state within India where Muslims are in the majority
But the 2010 unrest splashed water on such claims or hopes of
improvement. Thousands of youths pelted stones on the security forces, burning
government offices and train stations which thus led the ray of hope down. The
elections in 2014 saw highest voter turnout in the history of Jammu and
Kashmir. But the analysts have discarded any possibilities of the population
favouring Indian rule, they rather have come up with conclusion that the
population had a demand for a better life quality in the valley.Than after an opinion poll was
conducted by chatham house international affairs think tank found that in the
Kashmir valley , in that poll mainly muslims areas and Indian Kashmir and found
that independence caries 74% to 95% in its districts