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SRINAGAR, Aug 3: Ruling out division of Jammu and Kashmir state, chairman Hurriyat Conference (G), Syed Ali Geelani, today called for social boycott of all pro-India leaders.
Urging the denizens of the state to distance themselves from unwarranted adulation of their leaders, Geelani said that it was this approach which had ruined the state in the past.
“I appeal to people of Kashmir that if Geelani budges from his stand, you are free to leave him,” he said. “The present struggle has passed on to the youth and it should be carried to its logical end,” Geelani said while addressing a gathering at Pather Masjid here.
Earlier, Geelani appeared outside the Pather Masjid this afternoon in an auto rickshaw. Upon seeing him, hundreds of youth present there shouted pro-Islam and pro-freedom slogans, and escorted the octogenarian leader into the mosque.
Addressing the congregation, Geelani said that the result of two and half month long agitation have started to appear.
“International community has started building pressure on India regarding the resolution of Kashmir dispute, and put an end to this bloodshed” he said.
He said that the ongoing agitation had compelled members of Indian civil society to come forward and express solidarity with Kashmiris.
“They (civil society members) are blaming their own government for spilling blood of Kashmiri civilians on roads,” he said. “So this is our victory.”
Stating that pro-India leaders were strengthening the hands of those forces which were engaged in spilling the blood of Kashmiri youths in the valley, he asked them to stop toeing the line of their masters, and join the present agitation.
“If they (pro-India leaders) care about the people of the state then they must join the agitation at this crucial juncture,” he said.
He said that Hurriyat Conference (G) had already given its 5-point proposal to New Delhi.
“If they (New Delhi) want to regain trust of Kashmiris then they must accept our proposals,” he said.
He said that the present struggle of Kashmiri people have shaken up New Delhi.
Geelani asked the people to refrain from shouting inflammatory slogans and ransacking of public property.
“We should carry forward this struggle in a peaceful manner,” he said. “There is no role of Hizb (Hizb-ul Mujahideen), Lashkar (Lakhkar-e Toiba), or Jaish (Jaish-e Mohammad) in the ongoing agitation, but still poisonous weapons are being used against the peaceful protestors.”
The veteran separatist leader draw parallels between Kashmir imbroglio and Palestinian problem.
“Today we are observing ‘Youm-e Quds’ to show solidarity with oppressed Palestinians,” he said. “Palestine and Kashmir face similar problems with colonial powers strangulating voices of the subjugated people.”
He said that India would not succeed in suppressing the “Azadi sentiments” among Kashmiris.
“The onus is on the youth to show discipline while carrying forward the ongoing struggle,” he said. “Youths must defeat New Delhi’s plan to defame the moment.”
Geelani also dared union minister and NC president, Farooq Abdullah, to come to Lal Chowk and dare to speak in the same language in which he had spoken in Lok Sabha during a debate on the unrest in Kashmir on August 26.
He appealed to the people to strictly follow the conglomerate’s protest calendar.
Later, Geelani was taken in a motorbike procession to his Hyderpora residence.
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