Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL), comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik, while commenting on the Lethpora car bomb blast, today said, “People and leadership of Kashmir regret every killing that happens on the soil of Kashmir.”
“As we witness killing of our loved ones, our young and shoulder their coffins each day, we can feel and understand the pain and sense of loss that the families and friends of those who are killed go through, not for a day or two when everyone is expressing grief and condolences to them, but the silent grief and loss that stays with them for a lifetime,” the leaders said in a joint statement.
They said, “The delay in the resolution of the Kashmir dispute, the denial to engage with the sentiments and aspirations of the people of J&K and instead the use of a muscular military approach to counter an essentially political and human problem, are wrecking havoc in Kashmir especially on our next generation and consuming them, while those who are here in the state to execute this policy, are also under stress and paying a price with their lives.”
“The militarization, CASOs, use of bullets and pellets, blowing up homes, blinding and maiming, PSAs and torture as a means to crush legitimate political aspirations of a people have not only failed but worsened the situation,” the leaders said.
JRL said, “If this death dance has to stop, if hatred and revenge has to stop, if killing and counter-killings have to stop and if we really want peace in the region we have to put an end to hostilities. And the most effective and civilized manner to do so , is to reach out and engage and listen to the concerns of all three stakeholders and address them in the spirit of humanity and justice. Resolve the Kashmir dispute for all times.”
Meanwhile JRL strongly condemned the incidents of arson in Jammu in Gujjar Nagar and elsewhere incident where some communal elements freely torched the vehicles of Kashmiri Muslims and injured many others.
JRL said, ” right from 1947 communal forces active in Jammu leave no stone unturned to attack and intimidate Muslims and Kashmiri people. It is the responsibility of the government administration to ensure the safety and security of Muslims and Kashmiris and living there.”