JAMMU
KASHMIR LIBERATION FRONT
Maqbool
Manzil, Srinagar.
Press Release
Dated: 25TH
MAY 2015
Choking political space not acceptable to us and we will fight
this undemocratic behavior of so called rulers at every level// Yasin Malik
Announces 10 day Jail Bharo Tehreek against
crackdown on pro-resistance activities from 29th may 2015
Srinagar, May 27: The Jammu
Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik came down heavily
upon the state government, saying it has chocked all the political space of
people here and its tactics are unacceptable and will be dismissed with the
scorn it merits.
Addressing press
conference in Srinagar, Malik flanked by other JKLF leaders announced ‘Jail
Bharo Tehreek’ from May 29 against thwarting all pro-resistance activities in
Kashmir by the puppet state government. He said such a program is aimed to give
befitting reply to the ‘puppet’ government here which has choked the political
space of the resistance movement in Kashmir.
JKLF chief
maintained that the era of 1988 has returned to Kashmir during which peaceful
protestors and demonstrators used to be bundled in Red 16 and father used be
detained against son and brother against brother by the police in valley. “It
was due to such state terrorism that youth here were compelled to take arms,
hence changing Kashmir’s 5000 year old history and civilization,” Malik said
while addressing the press, adding that later the diplomats of Europe, UK,
America and even so called Indian civil society itself made beeline to Kashmir
and urged people to seek their political rights peacefully.
In 1994, we
declared a unilateral ceasefire, said Malik, “Even our 600 comrades were killed
but we continue to tread the peaceful path of resistance movement.”
The JKLF chairman
remarked that in 2008, when people of Kashmir came out in droves to seek their
birth right through the peaceful demonstrations, the nation which claims to
uphold Gandian values launched a war against them and killing more than 72
people. “In 2009, more than 40 people were killed in the streets of Kashmir and
similarly in 2010, 127 innocent persons were killed.”
Malik maintained
that the killing spree of 2008, 09 and 10 was condemned by all but among
pro-India parties, PDP remained in the forefront and raised hue and cry.
JKLF chief said the PDP tried to befool the people of Kashmir by raising the
farce slogans of ‘Bat bani ge Boli sae’, advocated for according political
space to all shades of opinion and raised slogan of “battle of ideas”. “At
present when PDP has joined RSS to grab power in JK, it has broken all the
records of anarchical measures by suppressing the voices of dissent and
silencing pro-freedom voices in Kashmir. It has imposed an overall ban on all
peaceful, pro-freedom activities,” said the JKLF chairman.
He remarked further
that on May 25, 2015 when JKLF tried to start a peaceful ‘Safr-e- Jehd-e-Musalsal’,
not only he was arrested along with the front cadre but also terror was
unleashed in entire Pulwama district. “District president Pulwama Javed Ahmad
Bhat along with the local somu driver detained but the entire infrastructure
was left in shambles by the police.”
Malik remarked
that in the past when the signature campaign and Safr-e-Azadi was tried to be
foiled by the government, the efforts of the local press here compelled the
authorities to revoke their decision. “Though I am not aggrieved over the
actions of the Indian Media as we have no hope in them, but at the same time
the role played by the local press is condemnable as it acts as a laundry of
the present government to clean its sins,” Malik said.
The JLKF chief said
that PDP uses its man Naeem Akhtar to even remove the statements of JkLF from
the local dailies. He added that the local press is every day after
becoming a PR firm for the present government wherein clarifications are made
by it sans the factual position. “Even a young boy losses eye sight due to
pellets in north Kashmir, local press instead of reporting facts over such a
tyranny came out with a clarification on behalf of the government, claiming the
usage of pellets would no longer remain in vogue in Kashmir during protests.”
“Isn’t this the
situation in which youth is being pushed to the wall? Isn’t this puppet
government compelling youth to tread the path of violence? We had initiated
Safr-e- jehd-e-Musalsal to establish contact with the people at grass root
levels which is our democratic right but the curbs being imposed on peaceful
activities of the resistance leaders is for sure paving ways for the dreadful
days ahead,” Malik said.
He maintained that
after thorough deliberations, it was resolved that choking political space is
not acceptable to us and we should fight this undemocratic behavior of so
called rulers at every level. For this JKLF will start Jail Bharo Tehreek for
ten 10 days from Friday May 29, 2015. “After that if the situation remains
unchanged then the future course of action shall be announced.”
When asked over his
views on the recent Sopore attack in which a mobile outlet was targeted by the
unknown gunmen, Malik said there are two guns active in Kashmir. “One is of the
militants and another of the forces. I suggest that UJC chief Syed
Sallah-ud-din should form a probe committee so that facts over such an incident
could come to fore after thorough investigations,” said JKLF chief.
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