Chairman of Hurriyat Conference (G) Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Sunday alleged that armed forces have converted paradise on the earth into a hell.
Reacting to the recent statement of Jammu and Kashmir Governor Satyapal Malik that “Kashmir would become paradise again,” Geelani in a statement said that “our healthy and clean environment has been polluted by the filthy and suffocating fumes of bullets, pellets and other ammunitions. Our peaceful and happy habitat has been blown up and converted into rubble by the forces.”
He said that ‘New Delhi very deceitfully and cunningly forced their army in this unfortunate land 7 decades ago and since then we are struggling to free ourselves which has led to lakhs of innocent killings, thousands of unmarked graves and hundreds of graveyards.”
He said that “disproportionate use of force to quell and crush our legitimate struggle seems to have no end. Even today our youth are killed, maimed, blinded and arrested. Our women folk are molested and raped. This unbearable and pathetic scenario is created by none other than Delhi and surprisingly its representative very cleverly tries to befool the people by parroting same old narrative.”
He said that only remedy for all the ills is adopt a realistic approach to address the root cause, in accordance with the aspiration of this majority of this population, which only can guarantee peace and harmony in this region, otherwise this “deceitful lip service has no takers here.”
Geelani while paying rich tributes to the two militants killed in a gunfight with the government forces at Khonmoh on Saturday. “Every religious or national occasion of India carries a bag worries for us, in the shape of repeated frisking, arrests, nocturnal raids, cyber curbs and cordon and search operations. Delhi celebrates its festive with the innocent blood of Kashmiris.”
He said that “administrative representative of Delhi pretends to be hurt by the daily blood-shed, but at the same time joins the chorus of celebrations on these unabated spree of killings and takes lead to congratulate his armed forces– to have eliminated a good number of Kashmiris.”
“Nation, which is forced to shoulder the coffins of their dear ones, witnessing ruthless destruction all around—should always keep itself in introspective mode. If we fail to introspect and continue to be be-fooled by the deceitful hollow slogans of development and prosperity—we have no moral or legal right to participate in large numbers in the funerals of our brave hearts. These politicians every time come up with a new and deceitful slogan and we as a nation repeatedly fall prey to their narratives, but at what cost and for how long?” he asked.