During undivided Jammu and Kashmir, the region has 87 assembly segments–46 in Kashmir, 37 in Jammu and 4 in Ladakh. The population of the Himalayan region, as per the 2011 census, is 1.25 crore. Of it 68. 8 lakh people live in Kashmir while 53.5 lakh belong to Jammu region.After the central government withdrew the special status of Jammu and Kashmir, 5,764 families who had migrated to Jammu from West Pakistan during 1947 also became the citizens of Jammu and Kashmir.A valley based political observer told National Herald that the proposal draft was on the expected lines and people of the Valley could not expect anything good from the current dispensation.”After the abrogation of article 370, the trust deficit between New Delhi and people increased”, he said.He said that the move was aimed to clear decks for a Hindu Chief Minister in the region.”If the government would implement the proposed draft, it would only disempower Kashmiris”, he added.
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