New lawmakers in Indian Kashmir seek restoration of partial autonomy

Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government likely to reject the contentious move

Kashmiri women queue to vote on Oct. 1. India's Jammu and Kashmir region in September and October held its first legislative assembly polls for a decade. © Reuters

November 6, 2024 18:48 JST

SRINAGAR, Jammu and Kashmir (Reuters) -- Newly-elected lawmakers in India's Jammu and Kashmir territory passed a resolution on Wednesday demanding New Delhi restore the partial autonomy of the Himalayan region, a contentious move Prime Minister Narendra Modi's government is likely to reject.

Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party government revoked Jammu and Kashmir's partial autonomy in 2019, splitting the state into the two federally administered territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.