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Weird operation of democracy in Kashmir

Helpless CM

Weird operation of democracy in Kashmir
Omar ' s problem is not Omar ' s alone. Battling his inability to deliver on the pledges to his people and also fulfill some of their legitimate aspirations, Omar symbolically represents the weird operation of democracy in the state, where people elect leaders and leaders don ' t represent them or have to competitively contend with New Delhi and the security behemoth in the state for a share in power.
By Ahmad Riyaz
ince February, Chief Minister
Omar Abdullah has launched

Sinto three passionate public outthen
over the arrest by Delhi Police of the former militant Syed Liaqat Shah who was returning from PaK to surbursts
: first over the hanging of
render. This reflects a certain frustra-
Mohammad Afzal Guru, second over
tion with his inability to do things,
the killing of a youth in Baramulla and
sometimes as simple as helping the
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