Indian-administered Kashmir’s assembly passed a resolution on Wednesday demanding New Delhi restore the disputed Muslim-majority territory’s partial autonomy, cancelled in 2019 by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government.
New Delhi cancelled Jammu and Kashmir’s special status in 2019, a sudden decision accompanied by mass arrests and a months-long communications blackout.
It has been ruled by a governor appointed by New Delhi since.
But last month, the territory also elected its local legislative assembly, with voters choosing a government in opposition to Modi’s Hindu-nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
“This assembly calls upon the Government of India to initiate dialogue with elected representatives of [the] people of Jammu and Kashmir for restoration of special status,” the resolution read, passed by a majority vote.
