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Srinagar: In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Peoples Democratic Party President Mehbooba Mufti has paid tributes to the 22 Kashmiris killed in 1931 protest against Dogra rule and criticized the BJP for turning the martyrs\u2019 sacrifices into a communal issue.<\/p>\n
According to Kashmir Media Service, speaking to reporters at the PDP office in Srinagar, Mehbooba said the 22 Kashmiris laid down their lives outside Srinagar Central Jail while resisting \u201cautocratic rule\u201d. \u201cThey raised their voice against the autocratic rule of that time, its oppression and tyranny, and awakened our nation,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n
The authorities had placed restrictions around the Martyrs\u2019 Graveyard at Naqshband Sahib to prevent people, including politicians, from paying tributes. Mehbooba said she was placed under house arrest on Sunday while the area was completely sealed on Monday.<\/p>\n
Drawing parallels with Bhagat Singh, Sukhdev, Rajguru and Ashfaqullah Khan, she said Kashmiris respect all freedom fighters, but the BJP has made the issue of 1931 martyrs a \u201cHindu-Muslim\u201d and \u201cDogra-Kashmiri\u201d issue.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe BJP cannot put restrictions on the minds of the people of Jammu and Kashmir. These martyrs are our heroes. Just as Godse is the hero of BJP, these people martyred in 1931 for people\u2019s rule are our martyrs and will remain so,\u201d she said, terming the restrictions an \u201cexcess done by the BJP\u201d.<\/p>\n
PDP leader Iltija Mufti also accused the BJP of trying to \u201cerase and distort\u201d JIIOJK\u2019s history. \u201cThis Martyrs\u2019 Day is not illegal, not seditious. It is because of them that democracy came to Jammu and Kashmir,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Srinagar: In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Peoples Democratic Party President Mehbooba Mufti has paid tributes to the 22 Kashmiris killed in 1931 protest against Dogra rule and criticized the BJP for turning the martyrs\u2019 sacrifices into a communal issue. According to Kashmir Media Service, speaking to reporters at the PDP office in Srinagar, …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":205190,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-205189","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-indian-occupied-jammu-and-kashmir"],"yoast_head":"\n