Chief Minister Omar Abdullah’s son Zahir Abdullah has also sharply reacted to BJP leader Sunil Sharma’s calling the July 13 martyrs of Kashmir as “arsonists and traitors” and said that history cannot be rewritten to glorify tyranny. In a post on ‘X’, Zahir, a lawyer by profession, said, “Rewriting history to glorify tyranny. Their sacrifices built our democracy,
yet you distort history and insult their memory.
We will never forget their sacrifice and the struggle of establishing our democracy.” He added, “Glorifying an autocratic regime while insulting our heroes and martyrs is unacceptable and deplorable. You should remember that you can say this today as the LoP only because of their sacrifices”.