{"id":170339,"date":"2025-03-06T14:42:17","date_gmt":"2025-03-06T09:42:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/?p=170339"},"modified":"2025-03-06T15:07:13","modified_gmt":"2025-03-06T10:07:13","slug":"pdp-holds-protest-in-srinagar-against-bjp-leaders-remarks-on-july-1931-martyrs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/2025\/03\/06\/pdp-holds-protest-in-srinagar-against-bjp-leaders-remarks-on-july-1931-martyrs.html","title":{"rendered":"PDP holds protest in Srinagar against BJP leader\u2019s remarks on July 1931 martyrs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-170342\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/03\/PDP-Protest-July-13-Remarks.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/>Srinagar: In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the Peoples Democratic Party staged a protest march in Srinagar on Thursday against BJP leader and Leader of Opposition in the Assembly, Sunil Sharma, over his remarks on the 1931 martyrs. The party demanded an immediate apology from the BJP legislator.<\/p>\n<p>According to Kashmir Media Service, led by PDP leader Iltija Mufti, party activists marched from the PDP head office towards Lal Chowk but were stopped by police near Polo View. The protesters carried placards reading, \u201cMartyrs of July 13, 1931, are our heroes\u201d and \u201cJuly 13, 1931, sacrifices will never die,\u201d while raising slogans against Sharma and the BJP.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-170341\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/03\/images-27.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"259\" height=\"195\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Speaking to reporters, Iltija Mufti said the martyrs of 1931 laid down their lives to end autocratic rule in Jammu and Kashmir, and their sacrifice paved the way for democracy in the territory. \u201cWe will not accept the disrespect of the martyrs. The BJP is trying to erase our collective memory, but we will not let that happen,\u201d she asserted.<\/p>\n<p>Iltija also urged other political parties to support PDP MLA Waheed Para\u2019s resolution in the assembly, seeking the restoration of public holidays on July 13 .<\/p>\n<p>The July 13, 1931, massacre saw over 20 protesters killed by Dogra army forces during an uprising against Maharaja Hari Singh. The day was historically observed as Martyrs\u2019 Day in Jammu and Kashmir, with official tributes paid at Nowhatta. However, after the abrogation of Article 370 in 2019, the holiday was scrapped, and all official functions discontinued.<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-170340\" src=\"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/03\/images-28-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Srinagar: In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, the Peoples Democratic Party staged a protest march in Srinagar on Thursday against BJP leader and Leader of Opposition in the Assembly, Sunil Sharma, over his remarks on the 1931 martyrs. The party demanded an immediate apology from the BJP legislator. According to Kashmir Media Service, led &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":170342,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[5],"class_list":["post-170339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-protests-activities","tag-top-story"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/assests\/2025\/03\/PDP-Protest-July-13-Remarks.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=170339"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170339\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":170348,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/170339\/revisions\/170348"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=170339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=170339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kmsnews.org\/kms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=170339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}