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March 8, 2024

Narendra Modi Visits Kashmir for First Time Since 2019 Crackdown
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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi traveled to the disputed Kashmir
region Thursday - his first visit since stripping the Muslim-majority
region of its semiautonomous status in 2019. The decision was hailed by
Hindu nationalists. Modi addressed a crowd in Kashmir's largest city,
Srinagar.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi: "There is no Article 370 today, and that
is why the talent of the youth of Jammu and Kashmir is being recognized
and respected. They are getting new opportunities. Today there are equal
rights and opportunities for everyone here."

Rights groups have denounced Modi's intensifying crackdown on
journalists and dissidents in Jammu and Kashmir.


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