Srinagar, July 13:(KNS) Senior Awami Itehad Party leader Sheeban Ashai today visited Mazaar E Shuhada to offer Fateh and pay tributes to the martyrs of 13th July amidst security restrictions. Despite being stopped and prevented from visiting the shrine Ashai walked on foot; didn’t give in to the aggression of forces.
In a statement issued to KNS, Ashai highlighted the role of martyrs in Kashmir struggle and termed it as a milestone which changed the political landscape of Jammu and Kashmir. It was their collective effort that proved it beyond point that no amount of oppression would ever be able to subjugate Kashmiris or make them relinquish their just struggle. Ashai reminded Kashmiri nation of the bravado and valour of their ancestors and urged them not to capitulate under external pressures. There is a lesson for current regime in India also to learn from historical events and acknowledge Kashmir issue in its historical perspective. Incarcerating leadership or widespread bloodshed over the years has only proven futile as India has not been able to change anything considerable on ground.
Ashai added how such machinations; preventing people from even visiting graveyards; commemorating sacrifices of the martyrs cannot belittle role of stalwarts of Kashmiri resistance movement. World remembers how on 13th July 1931, the troops of Dogra Maharaja martyred 22 Kashmiris; Shaheed Abdul Qadeer’s clarion call for defiance of Dogra rule mobilized entire Kashmiri nation. He said the best way also to pay homage to martyrs is to en masse resist injustices inflicted upon Kashmiris as nation and to educate younger generations about monumental sacrifices rendered by the torchbearers of Kashmiri struggle.
Ashai once again ingeminated that under no circumstances would there be any compromise on core issues and struggle of martyrs would be taken to logical conclusion, come what may. This very day awakened the conscience of an entire nation and made the world realize that a life of subjugation is never acceptable to Kashmiris, its people and it’s leadership would persevere till last man standing to ensure that Kashmir issue is resolved as per the wishes and aspirations of Kashmiri people.(KNS)