Overview

• On June 11 at Srinagar’s Tagore Hall, CPI(M) leaders held a convention demanding the restoration of Article 370 and full statehood to Jammu and Kashmir to rebuild public confidence
• The party denounced the 2019 abrogation of Article 370 and the bifurcation of the former state into two Union Territories as an undemocratic violation of constitutional rights
• In the wake of April’s Pahalgam terror attack, CPI(M) pressed for a special session of Parliament to examine security lapses and hold the Union government accountable
• General Secretary M. A. Baby warned against third-party mediation, insisting that only India and Pakistan should engage in direct diplomatic negotiations
• Delegates highlighted flawed security governance by noting the exclusion of the elected chief minister from key unified headquarters meetings and the rise in detentions without FIRs