Srinagar Mar 06 (KNS): The Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Thursday condemned the remarks made by BJP Leader and LoP Sunil Kumar Sharma, saying the supreme sacrifice of martyrs paved the way for democracy in Jammu and Kashmir.
In a joint statement released from party headquarters Nawa e Subah, party's provincial president Showkat Mir and senior leader Choudhary Mohammad Ramzaan denounced the remarks saying, “The day has emblematic importance for the people of Jammu and Kashmir as it marked the launch of widespread people’s agitation for the restoration of their due human rights.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel”
The NC leaders demanded unconditional apology from Sunil Kumar Sharma and asked him to maintain decorum of the post he is holding.
"The brave men who laid their lives on the 13th of July 1931 belonged to a generation of wisdom, and vision. It was them who saw in darkness and despair a vision for the forthcoming generations, they envisioned a society free from bondage, discrimination and oppression," the leaders said adding that 13th July is the day of the assertion of Jammu & Kashmir’s identity, rights of its people. (KNS)