New Delhi, July 14 -- Communist Party of India (Marxist) on Sunday condemned the house arrest of party leader and Jammu and Kashmir MLA MY Tarigami.

The Left party also shared an X post by Tarigami showing a padlock on the gate of his house.

Prominent leaders, including those from ruling and opposition parties, were placed under "house arrest" in Srinagar to prevent them from visiting the martyrs' graveyard to pay tributes to the 22 people killed by the Dogra army in 1931.

"We strongly condemn the house arrest of CPI(M) Central Committee member and Kulgam MLA Tarigami. This suppression of democratic rights is unacceptable," the CPI(M) said on X.

Tarigami, in a post on X, said, "A padlock on my gate, placed under house arrest and denied ...