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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