SRINAGAR, July 14 -- Jammu and Kashmir Apni Party (JKAP) president Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari on Monday termed the restrictions imposed on the visit of political parties to Mazar-e-Shohda for paying homage to July 13, 1931 martyrs as highly regrettable.

In a statement issued here, Bukhari said that the martyrs' graveyard in Old Srinagar city symbolizes the legacy of those brave hearts and sons of the soil who sacrificed their lives to lay edifice for democracy and natural justice in Jammu and Kashmir.

"Putting curbs on the visit of political parties to martyrs' graveyard for paying homage to our heroes who laid down their precious lives against autocracy and oppression is unjustifiable," Bukhari observed.

He said that July 13, 1931 is...