Abrogating Article 370 and Kashmir's exceptionalism: a critical analysis of India's bodies politic.
In 2019, India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, took the historic decision of abrogating Article 370 of the Indian Constitution, revoking Kashmir's special status. The contentious move resulted in the emergence of multiple narratives from competing discourse...
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