India, June 21 -- The recent breakthrough in talks between the Centre and Ladakh's leadership has triggered a significant political ripple across Jammu and Kashmir. After years of sustained agitation, negotiations, and public mobilisation, Ladakh's civil society groups appear to have secured an in-principle agreement from New Delhi on constitutional safeguards modelled on Articles 371A, 371F and 371G, along with a framework for greater democratic representation and eventual statehood.

The development has not gone unnoticed in Kashmir. In fact, it has revived political demands that had been languishing in Jammu and Kashmir since the abrogation of Article 370 and the bifurcation of the erstwhile state in August 2019.

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