Concerns at Tension on LoC

Date: 
Thursday, January 17, 2013

The Central Committee expressed its deep concern at the raising of tensions on the Line of Control in Jammu & Kashmir. It strongly condemned the killing of two of the Indian soldiers on January 8 and the beheading of one of them. The government of India should take a firm stand and convey to the Pakistan authorities that such attacks are unacceptable and cannot be tolerated
January 17, 2013

Press Statement

The Central Committee of the Communist Party of India (Marxist) in session at Kolkata has issued the following statement:

The Central Committee expressed its deep concern at the raising of tensions on the Line of Control in Jammu & Kashmir. It strongly condemned the killing of two of the Indian soldiers on January 8 and the beheading of one of them. The government of India should take a firm stand and convey to the Pakistan authorities that such attacks are unacceptable and cannot be tolerated.

The ceasefire adopted on the Line of Control in 2003 had served the purpose of maintaining a relatively peaceful border all these years and the deterioration of the situation on the Line of Control should be checked. For this, high level talks should be held with the government of Pakistan to ensure that such violations of the ceasefire do not recur.

The Government of India should, while adopting this firm stance, also ensure that the dialogue process with Pakistan continues. There should be no curbs on the people to people relations being developed between the two countries.