The Central Secretariat of the Communist Party of India expresses its anguish at the massacre of 23 pundits ... near Srinagar on the eve of the Republic Day ... It is a cold-blooded killing by the militants who are suspected to be Pakistan's ISI. It is a deliberate and nefarious design to create communal clashes at the time of general elections in the country ...

The CPI urges upon the state ... and the Union Governments to take stringent action against those responsible for this inhuman atrocity ...