Srinagar, Feb 27 (KNS): Following the call given by the resistance leadership, the leaders from all the factions of Hurriyat including Hurriyat (G) led by Syed Ali Geelani, Hurriyat (M) led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and JKLF led by Muhammad Yasin Malik on Monday staged protest against ‘intimidating proposals of Home Ministry’ and dilapidated condition of Kashmiri inmates.
The leaders assembled at Abi Guzar and marched towards Srinagar’s Press Enclave aid pro-freedom, pro-prisoners and against the ‘oppressive measures and tactics of occupation’.
According to the statement issued to KNS, the JKLF spokesman said that the leaders during the protest said that the ‘intimidation, inducements and oppressive measures’ have and can never force nation of Kashmir into submission. “A nation that had rendered sacrifice of more than hundred thousand of its loved ones cannot be silenced by bullying,” the leaders said.
JKLF leaders Showkat Ahmad Bakhshi, Noor Muhammad Kalwal, Muhammad Yasin Butt, Sheikh Abdul Rashid, Siraj Ud Din Mir, Muhammad Sideeq Shah, professor Javed, Hurriyat (M) leaders inlcuding Ghulam Nabi Zaki, Mushtaq Ahmad Sofi, Abdul Rashid Untoo, Ghulam Hassan Mir, Advocate Yasir Ahmad Dalal, Farooq Ahmad Sodagar ,Abdul Majid Wani , Hurriyat (G) leaders Meraj ud Din Kalwal, Muhammad Yousuf Naqash, Zaheer Abbas, Nisar Hussain Rather, Muhammad Yasin Ataie, Yaar Muhammad Khan, Imtiyaz Haider , Abdul Rashid Lone along with resistance leaders Mukhtar Ahmad Sofi and Firdous Ahmad Shah participated in the protest program.
The JKLF spokesman said that the sit-in and rally was addressed by Hurriyat (G) leader Raja Meraj ud din Kalwal, JKLF leader Showkat Ahmad Bakhshi and Hurriyat (M) leader Ghulam Nabi Zaki.
Terming the recent proposals of Indian Home Ministry as ‘bullying Kashmiri nation’, speakers said, “Intimidations, inducements and other acts of oppression cannot suppress a nation that has sacrificed its lakhs for freedom and dignity.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp Channel”
Speakers said that dreaming of ‘bullying’ a nation that has pledged to free itself by oppressive measures is only daydreaming.
They said that today Indian home ministry is threatening Kashmiris of dire consequences and “we are told that our imams, our Masajid and Masjid committees will be penalized.”
“It is also being proposed that resistance leadership should be penalized through various measures, youth in resistance should be booked under PSA and unity among resistance camp be busted by some means,” they said.
They said that revival of police SOG is also being proposed so that more and more ‘oppressive steps’ are taken against Kashmiris.
Speakers said that oppressive measures have not succeeded to break the will of Kashmiris in past and these will not succeed in breaking our resistance in future also.
While condemning the ‘inhuman treatment’ meted out to thousands of incarcerated Kashmiris, speakers said that thousands of Kashmiris are languishing in jails and police stations under PSA and even courts are not listening to their cases in a fair manner.
Speakers said that people who are being released by courts are being re-arrested and kept in police stations for months which are highly condemnable.
They said that despite all these ‘harsh oppressive measures’ people of Jammu Kashmir will never surrender and will continue their sacred freedom movement till the achievement of the desired goal. (KNS)