Overview
- Lt Governor Manoj Sinha used the J&K Union Territory Foundation Day to say the administration has “established peace” through a zero-tolerance security policy and to cite more than 780 terrorists eliminated since 2020.
- Sinha credited the 2019 removal of Article 370 with restoring rights, enabling local elections and rebuilding grassroots governance as foundations for greater public participation.
- The administration announced a broad narco-terror crackdown that it says produced thousands of drug-related arrests, the attachment of illicit assets and demolition of properties funded by illegal drug money.
- Public events staged on Oct. 31 included the flagging off of a Run for Unity attended by over 10,000 people and the screening of a documentary to project normal life and economic revival.
- Reports that no regional ruling-party leaders attended the function highlight a political split that could shape how citizens judge the administration’s security and development claims and influence local political debate going forward.