Censoring the discrimination - Delimitation and Jammu & Kashmir
Within hours of assuming charge, the new Home Minister of the country, Amit Shah held closed door meetings with Governor of J&K Satyapal Malik, Union Home Secretary Rajiv Gauba, Intelligence Bureau chief Rajiv Jain and senior officials of the Jammu Kashmir Division of the Home Ministry. The speculated outcome was clear. A big decision was on the way for the state of Jammu & Kashmir. Speculations hovered over what and how big the decision could be. Soon headlines flashed - "According to the sources, MHA is planning to delimit the Legislative Assembly constituencies of the state." Every news channel showed this as a breaking news, 9 PM primetimes covered it and soon after, the decision started drawing wrath of the ex-Chief Ministers of the state, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti, both claiming to be the undisputed mouthpieces of the majority section of the state. Next morning, after the newspapers published the same news on their front pages, the MHA issued a sta