Srinagar, Jun 04 (KNS): Expressing solidarity with the Sikh community on the anniversary of the notorious “Operation Blue Star”, Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman, Syed Ali Geelani said that the wounds inflicted on this minority by Indian military might 34 years ago are not only fresh, but continue to painful and agonizing for our Sikh brothers.
He said that the world’s largest democracy has never tolerated the existence of minorities. “Muslims, Sikhs, Dalits and Christians continue to be harassed, killed and humiliated in length and breadth of India,” he said in a statement issued to KNS.
Geelani said that operation Blue Star was ‘a brutal and brazen massacre’, where hundreds of Sikhs were butchered mercilessly in a span of just a few days.
Hurriyat Chairman said that minorities were never safe in India and every regime, be it secular clad Congress or Hyper nationalist Hindutwa Parcharks, Saffron Brigade, all pushed them to wall.
He cautioned the rulers in India that the deprivation and ill-treatment meted out to the minorities is not good omen for so-called democratic fabric of India.
Recalling the unfortunate and arrogant show of muscle power in 1984, Geelani said that these tragic incidents can never weaken the resolve for basic and fundamental rights of the oppressed people and those fighting for their sacred cause get encouraged and empowered by such undemocratic and unethical actions.
He further said that we share the pain and agony of our Sikh brothers as we too are the worst sufferers of this Indian hegemony, for last 7 decades.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel
Meanwhile, Hurriyat (G) convened a meeting of its Majlish Shoora which was presided over by General Secretary Gh. Nabi Sumji. The meeting was attended by Feroz Ahmad Khan, Hakeem Abdul Rashid, Mohammad Saleem Zargar, Mohammad Yousuf Naqash, Molvi Bashir Irfani, Mohammad Yaseen Aataie, Advocate Mohammad Shafi Reshi, Gh. Mohammad Nagoo, Syed Mohammad Shafi, Zamrooda Habib, Gulshan Abas, Mohammad Iqbal Shaheen, Yasmeen Raja, Peer Abdul Rashid, Imtiyaz Ahmad Shah and Syed Mohammad Yasoof Qumi.
The meeting took stock of the prevailing political situation of the state and also deliberated on the various issues pertaining to activate the different departments of the forum, to have more and more contacts with the people, who vehemently support the legitimate struggle for the right to self-determination.
The meeting condemned the recent increase in the civil killings, incarceration of youth and ill-treatment meted out to the detunes in and outside jails of Jammu and Kashmir.
The meeting also condemned the gross violation of human rights at the hands of Indian occupation forces and resolved that it has been a routine matter for India that as and when they face a tough situation related to human rights violations at international level, they start parroting of dialogue and ceasefire.
The meeting termed these Indian postures as a farce just to hoodwink the international community.
Hurriyat Secretary General appealed the freedom loving people and especially well off persons to donate their alms and Zakah to Hurriyat against the proper receipts. (KNS)