As several mining contracts in Kashmir Valley have been secured by non-locals in Kashmir after the abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A in August 2019, locals feel that it will add to the loss of jobs and also threat to demographic change. In this podcast, host Fahad Shah, discusses its impact and outcome with Athar Parvaiz, an award-winning journalist based in Srinagar and Aijaz Ashraf Wani, Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Kashmir.
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