31/12/2024
Hakeem Yaseen anguished over
exclusion of Martyrs’ Day and Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah’s birthday from official holiday list.
* These days have historical sigficance.
Srinagar, Dec 31: Chairman Peoples Democratic Front ( PDF) and former Minister Hakeem Muhammad Yaseen has expressed dosappointment over exclusion of Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah’s birthday on Dec.5 and July 13, Martyrs’ Day, from the official holiday list for 2025. He said though other hoildays of national and religious importance such as Guru Gobind Singh Ji’s Birthday (Jan 6), Republic Day (Jan 26), Eid-ul-Fitr (March 31), Independence Day (Aug 15), and Diwali (Oct 21have rightly been included in the 2025 calender , but Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah’s birthday and July 13, Martyrs’ Day, have been eraneously omitted from the holiday list , which has severly hurt sentiments of the majority of the people of jammu and kashmir.
In a statement issued on Tuesday ,Hakeem Yaseen while expressing anguish over the exclusion of Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah’s birthday and July 13, Martyrs’ Day, from the official holiday list for 2025 , has said that both these days have pivotal historical significance in the socio - political erena of j&k. He said Shiekh Abdullah was a towering leader who has played a significant role in the freedom struggle and socio - political awakening of the people of jammu and kashmir. "Deliberately repeating the mistake of ommitting Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah’s birthday and July 13, Martyrs’ Day, from the holiday list demonstrates myopic outlook , despite the fact that Omar-led government had already submitted the proposal of reinstating the Dec 5 holiday to Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha .
PDF Chairman has said while the holiday calendar for 2025 honors key historical figures like Dr. B.R. Ambedkar and Maharaja Hari Singh, the absence of Sheikh Abdullah’s Birthday and Martyrs’ Day remains a contentious issue.
Hakeem Yaseen has said ,in view of thier socio- political significance in the history of jammu and kashmir , inclusion of Shiekh Abdullas's birthday on Dec.5 and martyers day on July 13 , was a public yearning and not any particular parties demand . He said this public issue should not be made a complex bone of contension.