West Bengal and Tamil Nadu Chief Minister was one of the opposition leaders who criticized on Monday J&K CM Omar Abdullah’s imprisonment And on July 13, his ministers beyond observation of the day of the martyrs.
West Bengal CM Mamta Banerjee posted on X: “What is wrong in the martyrs going to the cemetery? … What happened to an elected Chief Minister is unacceptable. Shocking. Shameful.”
Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin said in a post on X that at a time when there is a growing demand for the restoration of J&K state, the current events are reminding how far things have deteriorated.
“The elected CM Honorable @OMarabdullah is being kept under the arrest of the house to pay homage to the martyrs of 1931 and is forced to climb the walls to do so. How should it be treated for an elected Chief Minister?” He asked.
Stalin said at the BJP-wishes center, saying that it was removing the rights of the elected state governments.
“It is not just about one state or a leader. From Tamil Nadu to Kashmir, the Sangh BJP government is systematically removing the rights of state governments.
Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav used poetry to remind the BJP about the possibility of sitting in opposition in the future: “If you keep banning every matter in this way, when the rule changes, tell me that you will cross to escape from which limit?” He said in Hindi on X.
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On July 13, 1931, 22 people killed by the Dogra Army outside the Central Jail in Srinagar are remembered as the day of martyrs in Jammu and Kashmir. The LG administration left the day from the list of gazette holidays in 2020.
CPI leader D Raja condemned Abdullah’s custody. And J&K Congress called it “Chilling Reminder how far we have gone from democratic values”.
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