In 2016, former Foreign Minister of India and BJP leader Yashwant Sinha published a report on the state of affairs in Kashmir. This report was contributed to by a five-member observer group that the former FM led, and visited the areas of Batgram, Anandnag and Baramulla.
The report said that the Kashmiri citizens are of the opinion, that the basic issue is the Indian government not accepting Kashmir as a political crisis.
It also said that the Kashmiri youth which comprise almost 68 percent of the population, are depressed and fearless. All of their daily routines and conversations consist of rebellious tendencies. The common people have it for a fact that the Delhi administration doesn’t wish to resolve this issue. They say that the former Prime Minster Vajpai had it right: Kashmir needs to be resolved as a human rights issue and not as a national security problem as the current regime views it.
Wife of Kashmiri uprising leader Yasin Malik and activist, Mishal Malik joined Doctor Moeed Pirzada to comment on the comprehensive report and get us up to date on the ongoing atrocities in Kashmir.