Summary:
By Express News ServiceHYDERABAD: Terming the abrogation of Article 370 in Jammu and Kashmir a ‘coup’, filmmaker Sanjay Kak claimed that there were similarities between the situations in Kashmir and Palestine. Speaking at the memorial of late social activist K Balagopal on Sunday, Kak said, “It was a coup powered by hegemonic impulse. It has similarities to demonetisation, which also had no logic behind it.” The filmmaker also found the ‘evidence’ of friendship between India and Israel in the clampdown on Jammu and Kashmir. Kak further pointed out how the Israeli army does not allow Palestinians to be comfortable in their own neighbourhood, by installing numerous diversions in the vicinity. Kak, who is a Kashmiri Pandit, said that their community fell “into the hands of Hindutva” after their exodus from the J&K in the 90s..