Legally it was defensible. That's what matters. Was it controversial? Sure. But India has several "union territories". Kashmir is not unique. On the other han

Legally it was defensible. That's what matters. Was it controversial? Sure. But India has several "union territories". Kashmir is not unique. On the other hand, citizens of Jammu and Ladakh were overjoyed, so there lots of people who supported it. Now Kashmir is getting tons of investment. They'll be spending nearly a billion dollars on building metros in Srinagar. Such progress would not have been possible under the old regime.