Hyderabad, March 18 -- Kashmiripoliticians have unburdened themselves of the hugegoal post of restorationof Article 370, realizing neither the ground realities in the country nor the peoplefavour them. They have scaled down their goals, which were once billed as "sacred" tothe narrative of the reality. The sharing of seats for the Lok Sabha polls in Kashmir Valley came handy as an excuseto exit from the political binds to which they had tied.

All the traditional Kashmir-centric parties, prominent among the National Conference and People's Democratic Party, werestunnedand swept off the ground when on December 11 last year the Supreme Courtof India held the abrogation of Article 370 as "legal and constitutional". Thisbrought their hopescra...