‘Is this how an elected CM should be treated?’ Stalin on restrictions imposed on Omar Abdullah on martyrs’ day

Srinagar, July 14: DMK President and Tamil Nadu chief minister, M K Stalin on Monday said the events unfolding in Jammu and Kashmir are a grim reminder of how far things have deteriorated in the region.

He expressed these remarks over police barriers aimed to prevent Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah from visiting the martyr’s graveyard in Srinagar to pay respects to martyrs of July 13, 1931.

Condemning the action, he said that from Tamil Nadu to Kashmir the Union BJP government is systematically stripping away the rights of elected state governments.

In a post on X (formerly Twitter), Tamil Nadu chief minister M K Stalin said: “At a time when there is a growing demand for the restoration of Jammu and Kashmir’s statehood, the current events unfolding there are a grim reminder of how far things have deteriorated”.

“The elected CM Hon’ble @OmarAbdullah is being placed under house arrest simply for wanting to pay homage to the 1931 martyrs and is forced to climb walls to do so. Is this how an elected Chief Minister should be treated?”.

He said, “This is not just about one state or one leader. From Tamil Nadu to Kashmir, the Union BJP Government is systematically stripping away the rights of elected State Governments”.

“If this can happen in Kashmir, it can happen anywhere, to any elected representative of the people. Every democratic voice must unequivocally condemn this,” he added on X.