Communist Party of India leader Sitaram Yechury has reached Delhi Airport to leave for Srinagar. Yechury has received permission from the Supreme Court to visit Srinagar. A total of 14 petitions related to Jammu and Kashmir were heard in the Supreme Court on Wednesday. These included the removal of Article 370 and the petition for press freedom as well as visits of leaders in the Valley. Meanwhile, the Supreme Court has allowed Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader Sitaram Yechury to visit Srinagar. Sitaram Yechury sought permission to meet his party's MLA MY Tarigami.
However, this has been opposed by Solicitor General Tushar Mehta. The Chief Justice said why is the government stopping them? If he wants to meet his friend, he is a citizen of the country. CPM general secretary Sitaram Yechury will visit Jammu and Kashmir today to meet his party colleague and former MLA Mohammad Yusuf Tarigami after the Supreme Court's approval. Yechury said that whatever would be needed to be done for his visit, he would do everything. The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed Yechury to visit Jammu and Kashmir to meet his party colleague Mohammad Yusuf Tarigami.
CPI (M) leader Sitaram Yechury was allowed by the Supreme Court to visit Jammu and Kashmir. However, a bench of Chief Justice Ranjan Gogoi while allowing Yechury instructed him not to use his visit for political purposes.
The court told Yechury, "We allow you to go there, but if you miss any activity other than meeting your colleague, then it will be considered a violation of our order." On this, Yechury's lawyer Raju Ramachandran said, "We will follow the instructions fully and will also give an affidavit in this regard." Yechury later told the media, after I return from there, this case will go ahead again. We will do whatever is necessary in the tour.
Yechury will visit Kashmir on Thursday and will meet his party colleague and former MLA Mohammad Yusuf Tarigami and get to know his health. Tarigami is currently under house arrest since Article 370 was removed. He said, after returning from Kashmir, I will give an affidavit in the Supreme Court. The petition was given by the CPI (M) leader under Article 32, which states that a person has the right to go anywhere and it comes under fundamental rights.
