Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) – an amalgam of separatist outfits – has withdrawn tomorrow’s strike call after the lawyers informed them that Article 35 A is not listed for hearing before the Supreme Court tomorrow, a statement said.
The JRL comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik said the strike call against hearing of 35 A case in apex court on 14th February has been withdrawn after the lawyers conveyed to them that the petition is not listed in the cause list.
“The Kashmir bar association led by senior lawyers Mian Qayoom, Zafar Shah, Zaffar Qureshi, Mohd Ashraf and others are in New Delhi defending the case at the Supreme Court on behalf of the people of disputed J&K,” said the JRL, adding they are in touch with the leadership.
They said the senior lawyers of Bar will be present at the Supreme Court for the whole day tomorrow as well and will closely monitor the developments and update the leadership about it.
“Leadership reiterated that people of Jammu and Kashmir will forcefully resist every challenge by New Delhi to change the demography of the State and warned the authorities that if anything adverse to the interests of the people of J&K and its disputed status is announced through the courts a mass people’s agitation will be started instantly across the state and the responsibility of the consequences of that will be entirely on those forcing us to react,” read the statement.
JRL had called for shutdown on February 13 and 14 to protest the legal challenges to Article 35 A and 370.