Steps awaited on key issues as Amit Shah becomes Home Minister

SRINAGAR, (PTK): Amit Shah heading the Home ministry and Narendra Modi as the Prime Minister, the winning combination of Modi-Shah has upgraded into a potent change-maker for the people of India.

Article 370 and Kashmir insurgency

Abrogation of Article 370 which grants special status to the state of Jammu and Kashmir has been a long standing promise of the Bharatiya Janata Party. With Modi in his second term, that too with a landslide victory, the demands for full integration of Jammu and Kashmir in Indian union have only become stronger. With radical Islamist groups like ISIS spreading their influence in South Asia, specifically Kashmir, solving the Kashmir issue wouldn’t be a simple task.

It is to be seen whether muscular response to Pakistan for fuelling troubles in the state, a strong mandate at the centre, and rising popularity of BJP in the valley will wither intensify or alleviate the Kashmir problem.