{"id":1489,"date":"2014-04-18T14:59:35","date_gmt":"2014-04-18T14:59:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.kashmir-today.net\/?p=1489"},"modified":"2014-04-18T14:59:35","modified_gmt":"2014-04-18T14:59:35","slug":"mirwaiz-rejects-polls-applauds-people-commitment-freedom-struggle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=1489","title":{"rendered":"Mirwaiz rejects polls; applauds people for commitment to freedom struggle \u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Srinagar:\u00a0<\/strong>Rejecting the so-called polls in Kashmir, Hurriyat Conference (M) Chairman, and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq\u00a0Friday\u00a0applauded the people for their unflinching support and commitment to the ongoing freedom struggle.<\/p>\n

Mirwaiz said peoples continuous\u00a0 association with the freedom struggle and their\u00a0 fight for\u00a0 the right to self determination despite Kashmir having been turned into a police state for the staged polls and their leadership and youth being arrested\u00a0 and detained by the state, is commendable.<\/p>\n

According to a statement issued to KNS, Hurriyat (M) Chairman stated that spontaneous demonstrations against the rallies of so called mainstream parties\u00a0 show peoples anger and ire against these elements and their complete disconnect with the so called electoral process. Addressing the gathering at the historic Jamia Masjid, Mirwaiz said that state\u00a0 had become more authoritarian in trying to impose these so\u00a0 called elections on the people of\u00a0 Kashmir and shove it down their throats, and in its eagerness\u00a0 was arresting Hurriyat leaders and activists.<\/p>\n

He said the army and other forces operating in the valley\u00a0 have increased their patrolling along the length and breadth of Kashmir,\u00a0 leading to large scale arrest of people. Mirwaiz said this was not only a matter of concern but it also shows the aggressive policies of state against people as has been the tradition.<\/p>\n

Referring to Tosa Maidan lease issue\u00a0 HC Chairman said\u00a0 that there is\u00a0 no need to give alternative land\u00a0 to the army for establishing a firing ranges etc,\u00a0 since 12 firing ranges have already been allocated to them in Kashmir. He also appealed people to stay vigilant regading any announcement by the Govt. on this issue.<\/p>\n

Appealing\u00a0 to people from all walks of life to contribute towards social reforms, he said\u00a0 that only\u00a0 collective efforts\u00a0 towards social reforms could bring about the desired\u00a0 positive and healthy change in the society. In this regard certain steps h which include forming of mohalla and area committees have been initiated which need to be supported\u00a0 by all .He said that consumption of\u00a0 spurious drugs, liquor and\u00a0 addictive drugs are a matter of grave concern as they have led to many deaths besides ruining the society. In this regard in the next phase a\u00a0 meeting with chemists and representatives of drug companies would be held, and besides other things it would be stressed upon them not to sell drugs without doctors prescription. He announced that the\u00a0 next session of social reforms campaign would be held at Iddgah and\u00a0 Zoonimar\u00a0on Sunday.<\/p>\n

Mirwaiz Umar Farooq also condoled the death of the wife of renowned doctor, Atiqullah of Sopore, who passed away recently and expressed sympathy with the bereaved family.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile in connection with the public contact programme, several Hurriyat leaders addressed gatherings at various places in Kashmir during which they appealed people to show complete commitment towrads freedom struggle and reject the namesake elections. Senior hurriyat leaders including Zaffar Akbar Bhat and Javaid Ahmad mir adressed people at Ichgam Badgam, Syed Bashir andrabi at Bandipora, Salim geelani at badamwari, and Khwaja Allam at gagat Sopore.\u00a0(KNS)<\/p>\n

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Srinagar:\u00a0Rejecting the so-called polls in Kashmir, Hurriyat Conference (M) Chairman, and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq\u00a0Friday\u00a0applauded the people for their unflinching support and commitment to the ongoing freedom struggle. Mirwaiz said peoples continuous\u00a0 association with the freedom struggle and their\u00a0 fight for\u00a0 the right to self determination despite Kashmir having been turned into a police state for […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1490,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1489","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-union-territory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1489","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1489"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1489\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1489"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1489"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1489"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}