Peoples United Front (PUF) Saturday carried out a protest march in Srinagar against the remarks of Congress leader and Grandson of Maharaja, Vikramaditya Singh, about the July 1931 martyrs.
According to a PUF statement, the protesters, who were led by Engineer Rasheed, whereholding play cards seeking arrest of Vikramaditya Singh and were also chantingslogans asking NC & PDP to explain their relations with Congress, VikramAditya Singh and those forces who are praising Maharaja every day.
Protesters marched from Regal Chowk to Press Colony. Talkingto media persons on the occasion Engineer Rasheed said, “We don’t want toindulge in blame game, but it is shameful that a person who happens to beGrandson of Maharaja Hari Singh rather collecting courage to seek apology forthe heinous crimes committed by his father and grandfather is getting involvedin character assassination of national heroes of J&K, who fought againstall odds and laid down their lives against the autocratic rule. Singh needs tobe reminded that during recently concluded parliamentary election as a Congressnominee he claimed to be representing so called secular forces and wassupported by main regional parties NC and PDP. However after facing ahumiliating defeat he is trying to become more communal than the non-communalforces.”
“The martyrs of 13thJuly 1931 did not fight against Maharaja for being Hindu but laid down theirlives against the brutal system of autocracy”.