Srinagar, Aug 13: Describing the senior separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani as symbol of Kashmir’s freedom struggle, the United Jihad Council chairman and Hizbul Mujahideen Syed Salahuddin said statements against him by any brother or sister could not diminish his dignity and stature.
 “The ongoing movement is identified with Syed Ali Shah Geelani. For, the sacrifices offered by him are countless and everlasting. He has pledged his whole life for a cause and spent it in jails. His character has always remained unblemished and there is not a shade of doubt about his sincerity. To cast aspersions on him is but foolishness,” the UJC’s Muzaffarabad based spokesman Syed Sadaqat Hussain quoted Salahuddin as having said.
 The UJC Chief urged all the well-wishers of the movement to desist from issuing controversial statements in the larger interest of the struggle.
 Supporting the shutdown call for August 15, Salahuddin urged the people to observe it (August 15) as black day.
  Salahuddin strongly condemned the beating of MBBS students at Jammu by the police.
  The Hizb Supremo paid glowing tributes to all those who achieved martyrdom in the past two months and prayed for the speedy recovery of all the injured. He reiterated the pledge to take the mission of martyrs to its logical end.

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