Srinagar, July 29, 2018 (PPI-OT): In occupied Kashmir, the Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) comprising Syed Ali Gilani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik met at Hyderpora in Srinagar, today. The meeting was held to discuss and deliberate regarding the serious challenge posed to Article 35-A in Indian Supreme Court. It said that on 5th and 6th of August a complete protest strike will be observed throughout, and people will register their total disapproval and resistance to this politically motivated move.
The JRL said they are fully wary of this one more serious assault launched against the people of Kashmir by the powers in New Delhi, by challenging Article 35-A in Indian Supreme Court. The attempt to change the demography of Jammu and Kashmir and insidiously destroy its disputed nature has always been on the agenda of BJP/RSS and the challenge to 35-A in the Indian Supreme Court is a serious part of that plan, it added.
The JRL said, Kashmiris will not take this attack on them lying low. Any and every attempt made at changing the demographic nature of the territory will be stiffly resisted. “They can kill us or detain us, but we won’t succumb to pressure tactics, saying that even ready to sacrifice our lives and face detentions to safeguard people’s interests and the disputed nature of Jammu and Kashmir.”
The JRL said in this connection they have been in touch with all segments of society including the legal fraternity, traders, civil society members, academia and others and there is complete unanimity and cohesion among all with regard to resisting and fighting this serious assault together.
They said that a mass agitation of hitting and occupying streets will be launched if any tinkering with 35-A is allowed to take place under a legal garb, the consequences of which will be entirely on those perpetuating such mischievous ploys against people of Kashmir. Meanwhile, reacting to the statement issued by Dr Jitender Singh, a minister of state in prime minister’s office of India, the APHC spokesman in a statement in Srinagar termed the statement as a sheer ignorance about the history of partition of India.
He said that Dr. Jitender Singh either mocks with the history or on foreseeing a logical defeat in Kashmir adopts an ostrich posture to deceive himself. The spokesperson by posing a question to Dr. Jitender Singh asked him which country has placed Kashmir dispute before the UN? The presence of UN observers in Jammu and Kashmir is yet another clear proof that it is a disputed territory. He suggested Dr. Singh to have a fresh look on the history of Kashmir where people are engaged in a legitimate struggle for right to self-determination for the last seventy years.
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