CPI(M) State secretary slams BJP for politicising Pahalgam attack

CPI(M) condemns BJP for using Pahalgam attack for 'hate politics', urges Central govt to reconsider decisions affecting innocent people.

CPI (M) State Secretary P. Shanmugam on Saturday said his party condemned the BJP government at the Centre for using the Pahalgam attack to intensify ‘hate politics’ against a particular religion.

Addressing media persons in Thoothukudi, he said: “Until now, attacks were predominantly directed against government employees and security personnel. However, for the first time, innocent tourists have been targeted, and such acts are utterly condemnable and cannot be accepted under any circumstances.”

He urged the Central government to reconsider and withdraw the decision, made under the pretext of action against terrorists, mandating all Pakistanis who came to India on medical visas for treatment to leave within a specified timeframe. It was unfair to associate innocent patients with terrorism.

The decision to suspend the Indus Water Treaty was a violation of international laws, he said and questioned the Indian government’s plan to store the surplus water. The CPI(M) condemned such inhuman actions. At the same time, the government should take action against terrorists regardless of their identity, without any compromise.

“The BJP has no sense of patriotism, and if they truly cared, the Prime Minister should have visited Jammu and Kashmir immediately, but instead, his focus is on the election campaign. For the past 10 years, their actions have been solely aimed at creating political opportunities out of every incident and the same applies with the Pahalgam attack,” he added.

In Tamil Nadu, the Vice-Chancellors of government and private colleges had showed their disapproval of the Governor’s illegal actions by not attending the VCs’ meeting conducted by him. The Governor had no rights to organise such meetings and he continued to do so even after the Supreme Court’s order against such actions.

He also condemned the Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, stating that the idea of using majority to pass any law, regardless of its nature, was contrary to the principle of the Indian political system, and creating a new law that went against the Indian Constitution was unacceptable.