[Marxistindia] Protect Democratic Rights of the People of Jammu & Kashmir

[news from the cpi(m)]

July 14, 2025

 

Press Statement

 

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) has issued the
following statement:

 

Protect Democratic Rights of the People of Jammu & Kashmir

 

The Polit Bureau of the CPI(M) strongly condemns the police manhandling of
Omar Abdullah, the elected Chief Minister of Jammu & Kashmir at the
Naqshband Sahib graveyard in Srinagar when he had gone to pay homage to the
22 people killed by the Dogra army on July 13, 1931. It also condemns the
house arrest of various political leaders including Mohd. Yusuf Tarigami,
Central Committee member of the CPI(M) and member of the J&K Assembly,
preventing them from proceeding to pay homage to the martyrs, yesterday.

 

The central government headed by the BJP is trying to enforce its own
diktats and regressive points of view, an example of which is the abolition
of the holiday on Martyrs' Day. On the other hand, the birthday of the
Maharaja, responsible for killing freedom fighters is declared as a holiday.
The Lt. Governor appointed by the central government is undermining the
smooth functioning of the duly elected state government. 

 

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) demands the BJP
government to stop playing with the sentiments of the people of Jammu &
Kashmir, to restore the holiday on Martyrs' Day and to respect and protect
the democratic rights of the people of J&K. The Lt. Governor must apologise
for the assault on the CM, the political leaders and the people of J&K. 

 

 

(Muralidharan)

For CPI (M) Central Committee Office

 

 

 

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