[Marxistindia] Central Committee resolution on J&K

[news from the cpi(m)]

August 5, 2023

Press Release

 

The Central Committee of the CPI(M), now in session in New Delhi, has
adopted the following resolution: 

 

Restore Democracy in Jammu & Kashmir

Hold Assembly Elections

 

August 5, 2023 marks the completion of four years since the special status
of Jammu and Kashmir under Article 370 being annulled and the state of Jammu
and Kashmir dismantled. This assault on the Constitution and federalism
presaged an all-round attack on the rights of citizens in Jammu and Kashmir.


The last five years under Central rule have seen steps to alter the very
identity of Jammu and Kashmir with change in domicile laws and land rights.
There is a concerted move to change the demography of the state. 

The period has seen large scale detention of political leaders and activists
using draconian laws like the Public Safety Act and UAPA. Hundreds of
political prisoners are still in detention, many of them in jails outside
J&K. 

Despite tall claims, the economic situation has deteriorated with high
unemployment, estimated to be three times of the national average. The
livelihood of different sections of the people like apple growers and small
business owners have been adversely affected. 

The media has faced severe state repression. Guidelines have been imposed
imposing censorship and curbing freedom of expression. Various journalists
are under detention under the draconian laws. 

The basic denial of democracy and democratic rights of the people is seen
most acutely in the failure to hold assembly elections to the J&K assembly.
Even after a delimitation exercise that was weighted to favour BJP's
interests and reducing the representation of the people of Kashmir valley,
the Central government is not holding elections. 

Thus, in all respects, the people of J&K have been reduced to second class
citizens. The Central Committee of the CPI(M), therefore, demands that
elections be held to the J&K assembly immediately. 

Restoration of democracy requires the release of all political prisoners and
an end to the use of draconian laws to suppress the political opposition and
the media. 

The Centre should reverse all the measurers that erode the domicile status
of the permanent residence of J&K and protect their land rights,

The Central Committee expresses the solidarity with the democratic forces
and the people of Jammu and Kashmir in their struggle to restore their
rights. 

 

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