The father who quietly built Vijay’s political machinery
As Vijay takes oath as Tamil Nadu’s Chief Minister, one man in the front row looks especially emotional — his father, S. A. Chandrasekhar. But this wasn’t just a proud father moment.
Jammu and Kashmir is postcard perfect. In politics, however, Jammu and Kashmir is a thorny issue. The issue of Jammu and Kashmir or the Kashmir issue as it commonly referred to is more or less a consequence of the British design of the partition of India in 1947.
LoC has not remained a constant through over seven decades. During 1950s and 1960s, China took advantage of the situation and captured Aksai Chin.
Successive governments have tried to maintain status quo since then reiterating India’s claim on Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and Gilgit-Baltistan. In 1990s, Parliament passed a resolution affirming India’s commitment to take back occupied territories of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh.
This status quo policy changed under the Narendra Modi government.
As Vijay takes oath as Tamil Nadu’s Chief Minister, one man in the front row looks especially emotional — his father, S. A. Chandrasekhar. But this wasn’t just a proud father moment.
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