Home Minister Amit Shah on Saturday said that curfews and internet shutdowns in Jammu Kashmir were meant for people’s safety. He was speaking at a summit organized by the Hindustan Times.
“I asked the youth there, who would die if the curfew is opened, and they said “we would”,” Shah said.
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“So, what those who were opposing the curfew wanted, is something the people of the country should determine.”
Curfews and internet shutdowns are frequently imposed in Jammu Kashmir. Since last year, the internet was suspended on 93 instances in the Union Territory, despite a Supreme Court ruling that deemed freedom of speech through the internet a fundamental right.
Kashmir had witnessed its longest internet shutdown after Article 370, which granted special status to the erstwhile state, was abrogated on August 5, 2019. It had lasted seven months.
Since Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood has been revoked, there has been a political demand to restore it before the next Assembly election takes place.
However, Shah on Saturday said that even before the election, a delimitation exercise will take place in the Union territory.