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| As desired by Governor, Mirwaiz conveys to him to end militarisation and resultant atrocities | |
Srinagar, January 18, (Scoop News)-Addressing the Friday Congregation at historic Jama Masjid, APHC leader, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq termed the statement of Army that 2018 was a remarkable year for them in Kashmir as they killed over 250 militants as extremely unfortunate and inhuman.
He said it is strange that a well trained armed force meant to fight another well trained armed force is celebrating and patting its back on killing young men and boys and calling it remarkable!
These that they are boasting of killing are not some hardcore armed guerillas and terror mongers, but sentiment driven youth forced to take to arms as a consequence of severe repression due to forcible control and what they ( youth) feel, failure of political means to express what is essentially a political demand for self-determination, he said,
Instead of admitting this, the armed force of a country that prides itself in the history of its freedom struggle by honoring the likes of Subhas Chander Bose who raised Indian National Army to fight the British colonial rule sells the killing of these armed youth as a great achievement to people of India, Mirwaiz pointed out.
Mirwaiz said that many in Indian army have in their write-ups and lectures admitted that J&K is a political problem that has to be resolved as such.
APHC leader said the whole world reiterates that there can be no military solution to the dispute. Mirwaiz said those who are using Militarization to prolong the status quo should understand that it comes with a cost and keeps increasing complexities.
Mirwaiz said that while the incumbent governor has said that Government does not want to kill militants but militancy, if it is so and they are sincere then government should address the cause that is leading these educated and young boys to take to arms - start a political process in Ernest to address the sentiment behind it and resolve the dispute .
He said it will not be only an attempt to save the lives of our youth but soldiers also, end militarization and the resultant atrocities that governor sb wants leadership to convey to him, and end the uncertainty and hostility that the region is hostage to for past 71 years.... |
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