All justice-loving Indians urged to stay firm and united against all kinds of terror, hate and repression
NEW DELHI – India and Pakistan should work on de-escalation and diplomacy and avoid another war, the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation said on Wednesday. “The war is not in the interest of both countries,” it said in a statement.
The CPI (ML) warned that there were alarming signs of yet another Indo-Pak war looming large. “All efforts must be made to prevent a war between the two nuclear-powered neighbours. Both countries should explore the whole range of non-military diplomatic options to curb terrorism and de-escalate tension,” it suggested.
“The Government of India has also announced an extensive exercise of mock drills in more than two hundred centres across the country. The last time mock drills had happened on such a big scale was in 1971, when India and Pakistan had actually been involved in a major war. While mock drills are techniques of bolstering security by spreading public alertness, we must make sure that such drills do not vitiate India’s internal climate and create a jingoistic clamour for war,” the statement said.
The party said the name Operation Sindoor ostensibly invokes the agenda of justice for the women who have lost their husbands in the terror attack in Pahalgam.
The CPI (ML) said action should be taken against the troll army for targeting courageous women of the Pahalagam attack victims.
“Action must be taken against the troll army and influential political voices who are indulging in hate-mongering against courageous women like Himanshi Narwal and Shaila Negi. Justice for the victim families calls upon us to respect their voices, their call for maintaining peace and harmony and their concerns about the multiple lapses that enabled the terrorists to carry out the heinous attack,” the statement said.
It also said that in the wake of the Pahalgam attack and now Operation Sindoor, the internet is flooded with claims, counterclaims and fake news. “While checking the flow of fake news and misinformation, the right to freedom of expression and dissent must not be suppressed. The fabricated charges against Bhojpuri folk singer Neha Singh Rathore, Lucknow University professor and political satirist Madri Kakoti, digital news channel 4PM network and now the ‘disappearance’ of the YouTube channel of journalist Punya Prasun Bajpai point to a new phase of heightened attacks on dissent,” the statement said.
Urging the government to stop this policy of suppression, the party appealed to all justice-loving Indians to stay firm and united against all kinds of terror, hate and repression and continue to uphold the principles of peace, harmony and democracy.
