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The shame of Srinagar's Gupkar Road
August 08, 2019
Jammu and Kashmir's power street, the famed Gupkar Road near Srinagar's city centre, has turned into an ignominious symbol of powerlessness overnight.The street is home to two families -- the Abdullahs and Muftis -- between whom power has shuttled for the past quarter of a century.
Four chief ministers -- Farooq Abdullah, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed, Omar Abdullah and Mehbooba Mufti -- have ruled Jammu and Kashmir from here. Mufti did not live to see the helplessness of this street but the three others are a living testimony to that shame.
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