Shekhar Gupta asks govt to allow street protests in Kashmir

In recent days, we have scores of Indian politicians and Indian media persons indulge in fear-mongering and constantly predicting apocalypse in Kashmir so much that it is has begun to sound exactly like things Pakistan would say in its empty threats to India. Shekhar Gupta of The Print, on August 7, had discussed in a video about how Pakistan would react after the Indian government’s decision regarding Jammu and Kashmir and Article 370. Very interestingly, days after claiming that protests in Kashmir are Pakistan’s best hope, Shekhar Gupta has published an article advocating protests in Kashmir and has asked that the government must lift restrictions to allow protests in Jammu and Kashmir. Why Modi govt must lift restrictions in Jammu & Kashmir now and allow street protests’ Nitin Pai @acorn writes #ThePrintOpinion https://t.co/Lfs0jiwa2B — Shekhar Gupta August 13, 2019 The said article published in The Print and shared by Gupta himself, advocating the protests, claims that a monumental move like abrogating Article 370 and the ‘demotion’ the state into two UTs cannot go without ‘attracting violent political protests and when the ‘media blackout’ is lifted, we are bound to see more public agitation, from street protests to stone-pelting or worse. The article also urges the government to lift the communication blockade and ‘allow street protests and demonstrations to resume’ It is not clear why Gupta, who just days ago claimed that protests in Kashmir will be Pakistan’s best hope is now urging the government to lift restrictions and allow protests.