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Modi Visits Kashmir, Announces Development Projects

A woman tries to make her way through a road barricade set up by security forces ahead of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to Srinagar, Indian controlled Kashmir, Wednesday, March 6, 2024.

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi made his first official visit to Kashmir's main city since New Delhi stripped the disputed region of semi-autonomy and took direct control of it in 2019. Addressing a crowd in a soccer stadium in Srinagar, Modi announced development projects and stated that previous governments had misled people over the region's now-scrapped special status.

Modi emphasized the region's progress since the 2019 move, expressing his commitment to winning the hearts of the people. He accused Kashmir’s pro-India parties of corruption, misleading Kashmiris, and promoting separatism, while Kashmiri politicians criticized Modi as divisive and anti-minority.

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