SRINAGAR – Chairman of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) Syed AliShah Geelani issued a five-point “programme of action” for resistanceagainst the Indian government as lockdown in Kashmir valley continues.
The Hurriyat leader called on the residents of the valley, Indian policeofficials deployed in the territory, and the Pakistani people to actagainst what’s going on in the serene valley.
Geelani made the calls in an open letter to the people of occupied Kashmirwhich surfaced on Sunday and detailed and condemned recent events,including the revocation of special status and a continued communicationsblackout.
Gillani issued a “heartfelt appeal” to the residents of Jammu and Kashmirto ‘continue to resist […] the naked Indian brutality with courage, urgingto organise “peaceful protests and demonstrations” in their areas.
“While doing so, we must remain absolutely disciplined and not give theenemy, who is armed and ready to kill, any excuse whatsoever to hurt ourlives and property. It is very important that our demonstrations remainabsolutely peaceful so that more and more people are able to join. If theIndian armed forces still attack our gatherings, the entire responsibilityfor the possible loss of lives and property will be on them, and the worldwill remain witness to their deeds,” he wrote in the letter dated August23rd.
Geelani also called on Indian government officials, bureaucrats as well aspolice officers employed from the occupied region to realise that even whenthey are ‘hand-in-hand in the oppression of their own people, the IndianState does not trust them’.
He urged them to protest against the ‘humiliation’ meted out to them by theIndian government.
“We have all seen how during the recent events, the Jammu and Kashmirpolice force was disarmed and the entire command was given to the IndianArmy and paramilitaries,” Geelani highlighted.
“Even if such a humiliation does not awaken them to stand up and protest,probably nothing will, and then they should mourn their consciousness andfaith, and wait for their destiny of total irrelevance like pro-Indiapoliticians in Kashmir.”