Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Aug 3: While stating that the Government’s promises stand exposed on the abrogation of Article 370, the Left Parties today demanded that all those detained since August 2019 be released.
In a joint statement issued by Communist Party of India (Marxist), Communist Party of India, Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist)-Liberation, All India Forward Bloc and Revolutionary Socialist Party, the left parties demanded an immediate resumption of full communications and the free movement of people.
The Left said that releasing those who have been arrested in August as well as the resumption of communication is essential for both combating the pandemic effectively “and upholding Constitutional guarantees on democratic rights and civil liberties while providing relief to the beleaguered people,” it said.
“5 August 2020 marks one year of the abrogation of Article 370, the dissolving of the state of Jammu and Kashmir, and the caging of the people of J&K,” the joint statement said.
It added that last year, the Modi Government made promises about what this move (abrogating Article 370) would accomplish and how it would benefit India and the people of J&K.
“Many warned that the Modi regime’s tyranny in Kashmir would soon be a blueprint for the whole of India. A year later, the Government’s promises stand exposed betraying the people of J&K who continue to be caged and silenced,” the Left said.
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