G A Mir said that he along with several of party leaders tried to move out on the double-lane tarmac road to proceed to the office of Divisional Commissioner to submit a memorandum in favour of statehood demand, but were prevented by police which locked up the large iron gate of the party headquarter.
Rashid's Awami Itihaad Party said that he will bring a resolution in the upcoming Parliament session for the restoration of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir. The monsoon session of Parliament will begin on July 21.
In a joint letter addressed to PM Modi, Congress MP Rahul Gandhi and party President Mallikarjun Kharge stated that there was no precedent in the past when a state had been downgraded to a Union Territory.
CM Omar Abdullah climbed the iron fence to jump down and pay his respects to the people, whose death saw the formation of the party he represents as vice president, which was named the Muslim Conference before it got christened as the National Conference.
Several leaders in Ladakh said that 'they welcome the appointment', adding that they hope that the new LG would 'fulfil the political and developmental aspirations of the people.'
From official commemorations to heated Assembly debates, the memory of the martyrs has been shaped, contested and weaponised across generations.
On Kashmir Martyrs’ Day, Srinagar is locked down as leaders across the political spectrum are detained or confined to their homes—an extraordinary clampdown on remembrance and dissent.
Political one-upmanship over a pivotal movement deeply connected to Kashmir’s struggle for self-respect in the feudal-colonial era.
The Centre’s recent regulations for land, jobs and cultural preservation aim to address concerns raised by civil society in Ladakh, but Ladakhis feel this is just a quick-fix bureaucratic solution as their primary demands—inclusion in the Sixth Schedule and statehood—have been ignored
Calls for urgent justice as cases drag on while detainees and their families struggle to remain connected.
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