India expected to ratify bill to split Kashmir

1 week ago

NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s lower house of Parliament was set to ratify a bill that would downgrade the governance of India-administered, Muslim-majority Kashmir. The Lok Sahba was set to vote on the “Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Bill” on Tuesday, a day after the measure was introduced alongside a presidential order dissolving a constitutional provision that gave Kashmiris exclusive, hereditary rights.