'Gupkar gang' will not throw the match in Jammu & Kashmir

The participation of the J&K political parties should not be seen as an endorsement of state reorganisation any more than their participation in the District Development Council elections was

The participation of the Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) political parties, barring the Peoples’ Democratic Party (PDP), in the deliberations of the Delimitation Commission, has rekindled the hope of politics reviving in the Union Territory (UT). Delimitation of constituencies is the precursor to legislative Assembly elections.
 
If delimitation proceeds apace, Prime Minister Narendra Modi could well announce elections in J&K in his Independence Day speech. Assembly elections and restoration of statehood in J&K would create the right optics for the prime minister’s official visit to Washington DC, where he hopes to meet US President Joe Biden later this year. Officials