International relationsIndia invites envoys on Kashmir tour that critics call a sham
Modi maneuvers to project normalcy amid international outcry over human rights
The scene in Srinagar, Jammu and Kashmir, on Sept. 20, 2019. Critics wonder if India has since turned this part of Kashmir into a Potemkin village. © Reuters
KIRAN SHARMA, Nikkei staff writer
January 10, 2020 16:45 JST
NEW DELHI -- A group of foreign envoys are visiting Jammu and Kashmir, in India's north, in what opposition leaders are slamming as a two-day "guided tour" and what analysts are describing as an exercise in image management by the government of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.