The shame of Srinagar's Gupkar Road

August 08, 2019 16:56

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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