By Gafira Qadir
On Sunday, Indian scientist and right-wing political commentator Anand Ranganathan sparked controversy by advocating for an Israel-like solution in Kashmir.
His remarks were made during “The Samosa Caucus Podcast,” ANI’s chat show hosted by Smita Prakash, with co-panelists Abhijit Iyer-Mitra, a senior fellow at the Institute of Peace and Conflict Studies; Sushant Sareen, a senior fellow at ORF; and Tehseen Poonawalla, TV personality and political analyst.
Ranganathan, who also serves as the consulting editor of the Hindu nationalist publication Swarajya, said, “I am not enthused by Kashmir at all. I don’t want to visit it. All our policies, across different governments, have failed us Indians—starting with the Kashmiri Hindus. The claim about 16 million tourists visiting the valley last year is just a facade, pretending everything is fine. But we are not acting on what should be done.”
“You haven’t rehabilitated 700,000 Kashmiri Hindus. All the money from the tourists is going to the terrorists. This terrorism or militancy, whatever you call it, is going to continue,” he stated.
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