Highway closure order ‘dictatorial’, govt should withdraw it, says Mirwaiz

Hurriyat (M) chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Thursday asked the government of Jammu and Kashmir to withdraw the order of closing down the Kashmir highway for two days in a week.

“Another anti-people dictatorial move of the government toclose the national highway for two days which will cause great distress topeople. Government should withdraw this diktat and stop punishing people ofKashmir,” Mirwaiz said in a tweet.

   

Jammu and Kashmir government Wednesday announced that thereshall be no movement of civilian traffic on the highway from Udhampur in Jammutill Baramulla in north Kashmir for two days every week to facilitate movementof forces for the upcoming parliamentary elections.

The closure of the highway has drawn severe criticism for allsections of the society.

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