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\"\"Srinagar: In yet another move seen as part of New Delhi\u2019s ongoing attempts to recast and normalise its control over occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the Modi regime has renamed the centuries-old title \u2018Raj Bhavan\u2019 to \u2018Lok Bhavan\u2019 through a fresh order issued by the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs.<\/p>\n

According to Kashmir Media Service, an official notification released by the so-called Lieutenant Governor\u2019s Secretariat said the change was made \u201cin pursuance of a communication\u201d from the Home Ministry dated November 25. The order, signed by Principal Secretary to the LG, Mandeep Kumar Bhandari, states that the existing nomenclature of Raj Bhavan, Jammu and Kashmir now \u201cstands modified\u201d to Lok Bhavan, Jammu and Kashmir with immediate effect.<\/p>\n

Political observers in IIOJK say the renaming exercise is part of the BJP-RSS regime\u2019s wider project to systematically alter occupied Jammu and Kashmir\u2019s institutional, demographic and cultural character following the illegal revocation of Article 370 in 2019. They note that changing official nomenclature is another symbolic step aimed at erasing the territory\u2019s distinct political identity and imposing New Delhi\u2019s narrative on the disputed territory.<\/p>\n

Kashmiris maintain that such cosmetic changes cannot mask the fact that Jammu and Kashmir remains an internationally recognised disputed territory whose future must be decided through a UN-supervised plebiscite.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Srinagar: In yet another move seen as part of New Delhi\u2019s ongoing attempts to recast and normalise its control over occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the Modi regime has renamed the centuries-old title \u2018Raj Bhavan\u2019 to \u2018Lok Bhavan\u2019 through a fresh order issued by the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs. 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