J&K: CPI(M) Holds Protest Against US Military Operation In Venezuela

Jammu, Jan 6: CPI(M) activists on Tuesday held a protest here to condemn the US military operation in Venezuela with senior party leader and Kulgam MLA M Y Tarigami appealing to the Centre to review its statement and convey a “strong message” against this “open aggression”.

Chanting slogans and carrying placards to denounce the action of the Donald Trump-led administration, activists assembled at a park here and held a peaceful protest against the US operation in Venezuela that led to the capture of President Nicolas Maduro.

He emphasised that such actions undermine the authority of the UN Security Council and the international legal framework established to prevent aggression against sovereign nations.

Tarigami said the action has sparked “historic mass protests across the globe”, with civil society groups and political parties in India too, voicing their objection to this act of aggression.

The CPI(M) leader also criticized a reported comment by Trump where he claimed India “wanted to make him happy” by reducing purchase of crude oil from Russia.

“This is insane and humiliating. India is a sovereign nation and decides its policies independently,” Tarigami said, asserting that India has always maintained strategic autonomy.

Questioning the Centre’s statement on the US aggression in Venezuela, he said the government should have unequivocally condemned the act. Tarigami said, “The US destroyed Iraq after making false claims about weapons of mass destruction which could not be proved, Libya was destabilized in the name of democracy, Afghanistan was left in chaos, and today Venezuela is being targeted just because of its oil reserves, rather than drug trafficking.” (Agencies)