JAMMU: Communist Party of India (Marxist) leader and Member Legislative Assembly, M.Y Tarigami cautioned the people against the divisive forces that are hell bent to divide the people of the State on communal lines.
He appealed to the democratic and secular forces to unitedly protect pluralism, communal brotherhood and political unity of the State, adding that the unity of the state with empowerment at different levels is in the interest of all the regions and communities.
He also exhorted upon the poor sections and oppressed people to unitedly struggle for the betterment of their lives.
Tarigami was speaking in a programme organised to pay tributes to Senior CPI(M) and prominent Kisan Leader, Comrade Bishan Dass who breathed his last recently at Jammu.
Those who paid tributes to the departed revolutionary leader included Sham Prasad Kesar, Regional Secretary CPI(M), Jammu, Om Prakash, General Secretary J&K CITU, Kishore Kumar, President JK Kisan Tehreek, Banarasi Dass and Member State Committee J&K CPI(M).
While paying tributes to late Comrade Bishan Dass, Tarigami recalled his life-long contribution in voicing the grievances of the down trodden, peasantry and other exploited sections of the society who fought against injustice and inequality upto his last breath.
Earlier, Tarigami visited the residence of the departed leader and expressed his solidarity with the bereaved family.