CPI (M) Polit Bureau expresses concern over Kishtwar, Kathua cloudbursts

Srinagar, Aug 19: The Polit Bureau of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) met on August 18 and expressed condolences on the death of more than a hundred people who died in the recent natural disasters in Uttarakhand and Jammu and Kashmir.

Besides, in the meeting it was discussed that it has been five years since the abrogation of Article 370 and the bifurcation of the state into union territories but none of the stated objectives have been met, it said.

“ Throughout these five years of direct Union administration, the democratic rights of the people of Jammu and Kashmir have been trampled upon. There is widespread discontent and anger among the people of all regions – Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh – as none of the promised development has taken place. People should be mobilised to demand the restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir, along with its autonomy,” it said.