Geelani addresses London protest against PM Modi’s visit

Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani today said the Kashmir had turned into a nuclear flashpoint and horrors of the war would consume the sub-continent if the Kashmir issue was not resolved without further delay in accordance with the wishes and aspirations of its people. 

“Instead of coercive measures, the Indian leadership should play a positive role and initiate steps to resolve the Kashmir issue for an end to the uncertainty prevailing in the subcontinent and ongoing bloodshed of innocent Kashmiris,” a spokesman of the Hurriyat, in a statement today, quoted Geelani as having said while addressing over phone a protest demonstration organized by the Kashmiri diaspora against the arrival of Prime Minister of India Narrendra Modi in London.  

   

“We will acknowledge every positive step by the Indian leadership that leads to final resolution of Kashmir issue,” Geelani said. “We are in dire need of peace and hence welcome all steps leading to lasting solution and stability in strife torn region”. 

Geelani said New Delhi had landed its forces in Jammu and Kashmir in 1947 and took forcible control of the state against the wishes of people of state. He asked the audience to convey the message to Indian premier about the “woeful situation” the people were facing in Jammu and Kashmir.

“People are brutally killed, traumatized, tortured, intimidated, caged, harassed, women molested and people irrespective of age and gender subjected to political vengeance and their properties razed to the ground by the Indian forces,” Geelani said. “Besides, leadership is caged on fake allegations, youth tortured and disappeared in custody and rape is being used as a war weapon against women.” 

He said that Kashmiris were not demanding secession of any legal part of India but our loud and clear demand is for the right to self-determination to decide political destiny of state guaranteed by New Delhi. 

“I pay my tributes to my nation for their exemplary valor and steadfastness against all odds,” Geelani said. “Kashmiri people in their struggle against forced control are creating an unmatched history”. 

Geelani said Kashmir is a flash point and any flare-up  could lead to a full-fledged war between two nuclear armed countries. 

“Kashmir issue has multiplied human tragedies and it is because of this lingering issue that millions of people are facing immense hardships and a state of uncertainty and instability is looming over the whole south Asian region,” Geelani said. 

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