Le Monde: Kashmir is prey to Hindu nationalists

Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has raised tensions in one of the world's most volatile regions, according to French newspaper Le Monde.

India has taken a serious risk with the decision, with Moody Moody and his Home Minister Amit Shah, who intend to speed up the implementation of the nationalist program of the BJP, which won the May elections.

The repeal of Article 370 of the Indian Constitution, which gives extended powers to the government of this Muslim-majority region, an election promise made by Modi himself, and through which he and his Home Minister wanted to "correct a historic error, as this autonomy should not have been given at all." Their opinion.

But what is known is that after Pakistan seceded from India in 1947, Islamabad launched an attack on Kashmir to annex it. Since then divided between the two.

To ensure that the Indian region of the Muslim-majority region remains part of India, it has granted Jammu and Kashmir a special status, under which it has become autonomous, and has become a symbol of multiculturalism and the Indian federal system.

Jammu and Kashmir, one of the most militarized areas in the world, is not a model of good governance. It has suffered from abuses by Indian security forces and insurgent attacks that have caused thousands of deaths over the years. However, its autonomy has met many local aspirations. .

Since Modi took power, tensions in Kashmir have escalated, with the rise of extremism by some Kashmiri Muslims. An explosion in February killed 40 Indian paramilitaries, prompting India to hit targets inside Pakistan.

The BJP ideology does not seem conducive to societal reconciliation, governing in the name of Hindu ethnic and religious superiority, and positioning itself as the great defender of Hindu unity against Islam, which they see as a growing threat.

Diluting the peculiarities of Kashmir, India's only Muslim-majority region, and dissolving it across India is part of the party's extremist program.

The international community is therefore called upon to be vigilant about the Indian nationalist right, which is as dangerous as the far-right movements in the West.