[Marxistindia] Sitaram Yechury writes to PM on Kashmir

[news from the cpi(m)]

February 5, 2020

Press Release


CPI(M) General Secretary, Sitaram Yechury, has addressed a letter to  
the Prime Minister today calling for the release of the detained  
persons in Kashmir, lifting of the  clampdown on communications,  
restoration of the democratic process and honouring of the assurances  
made to the people at the time of the accession of the state to the  
Indian Union.

The full text of the letter is being released herewith.


(Hari Singh Kang)
For Central Committee Office

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Dear Pradhan Mantri ji,

It is now six months since the severe restrictions had been clamped in  
Jammu & Kashmir following the abrupt abrogation of Article 370 & 35A  
of the Indian Constitution through a resolution adopted by the  
Parliament.

Thousands have been detained from the night of the 4th-5th of August  
2019. Many of them are lodged in jails in J&K and outside, detained in  
their residences under virtual house arrest or in other different  
locations. These include such people who have served as Union Cabinet  
ministers in the past, people like Shri Farooq Abdullah, Ms. Mehbooba  
Mufti & Shri Omar Abdullah (all three former Chief Ministers), Shri   
Mohd. Yusuf Tarigami, a four time elected MLA to the now defunct  
assembly of the state of Jammu & Kashmir, and many others.

I am writing to you to demand that the detained persons be released  
and granted their liberty and freedoms as guaranteed by the Indian  
Constitution. The Communications clampdown must be lifted and the  
democratic processes  restored immediately. These have severely  
impacted the economy of the region imposing unprecedented misery on  
the people.

The assurances made to the people at the time of the accession of the  
state to the Indian Union must be honoured.

I hope you will consider the matter with all the seriousness that it warrants.


Yours sincerely





(Sitaram Yechury)


Shri Narendra Modi
Prime Minister