The Hurriyat Conference (M) Thursday asked the Governor Satya Pal Malik led administration that Amarnath yatra had been a decades old phenomenon but why have unprecedented curbs been imposed on civilian traffic during the ongoing yatra this year.
The Hurriyat (M) also decided to constitute a committee thatwill explore possibilities for facilitating return of Kashmiri Pandits.
A delegation of Pandits had met the chairman of the amalgamMirwaiz Umar Farooq last week and another delegation met Hurriyat leaders atHurriyat’s Rajbagh headquarters in Srinagar on Thursday.
According to a Hurriyat leader present in the meeting, theparticipants condemned restrictions on civilian traffic, including touristvehicles, on the Jammu-Srinagar highway and suspension of train services.
“The Hurriyat leaders stated that yatris have always beenwelcomed by the people of Kashmir who have facilitated the smooth conduct ofpilgrimage and lend support to it. All the participants stressed that time andagain Kashmiris are subjected to harassment and inconvenience as the highway isshut for them on one pretext or the other,” the leader said.
Prof Abdul Gani Bhat, Bilal Gani Lone, Moulana Masroor AbbasAnsari, Musadiq Adil and Mukhtar Ahmad Waza were among the prominent leaderswho participated in the meeting.