[Marxistindia] Revised Statement : CPI(M) Condemns Brutal Repression in Ladakh

[news from the cpi(m)]

September 25, 2025

Press Statement

 

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

 

CPI(M) Condemns Brutal Repression in Ladakh

 

The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) strongly condemns
the brutal repression unleashed by the Union Territory administration under
the central government against the people of Ladakh. This violent crackdown
has resulted in the tragic loss of four lives and left several others
injured.

 

For the past six years, the people of Ladakh have been demanding statehood,
with a fully empowered legislature, as well as the inclusion of the region
under the Sixth Schedule of the Constitution. This would grant them the
constitutional safeguards and benefits enjoyed by the people in many
northeastern states. The demand for these rights has been consistently
ignored by the BJP-led central government.

 

Frustrated by the government's callous disregard for their legitimate
demands and the refusal to address these concerns through several rounds of
negotiations over the past three years, the Leh Apex Body (LAB) and other
people's organizations launched a peaceful hunger strike that lasted for 15
days. Instead of engaging in meaningful dialogue, the central government
chose to respond with forceful arrests of the hunger strikers, which only
led to widespread protests and unrest among the people. Even after creating
the circumstances which are responsible for this violence in a traditionally
peaceful place, the Central Government is now blaming the agitators.

 

The CPI(M) urges the central government to immediately cease all repressive
measures and engage in meaningful negotiations with the representatives of
the movement. Furthermore, we demand that the government provide adequate
compensation to the families of those who lost their lives, as well as to
those who were injured in the police repression.

 

Muralidharan

(For CPI(M) Central Committee Office)

 

 

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