Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI -M) leader M Y Tarigami has said that the the Modi government is more serious about obliterating the history of occupied Jammu and Kashmir than addressing the pressing issues like unemployment, health care, price rise and other such problems.
According to Kashmir Media Service, referring to the removal of ‘Sher’ from the name of Sher-i-Kashmir International Convention Centre(SKICC), Tarigami in a statement issued in Srinagar said New Delhi is making unceasing attempts to do away with certain aspects of history by rechristening important roads and buildings.
It is worth mentioning here that the BJP government in total disregard for its own people in occupied Jammu and Kashmir has dropped the ‘Sher’ (lion), a reference to the National Conference founder Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah, from the name of the convention centre located on the banks of the Dal Lake in Srinagar, indicating the fact that it is hell-bent upon every name and symbol that has any connection with Jammu and Kashmir’s history.—KMS
