SRINAGAR (Kashmir English): The All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) has strongly condemned the projection of Hindutva agenda by the India’s BJP-RSS regime in the name of reviving so-called pre-Islamic Hindu civilization in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).
Kashmir Media Service quoted APHC spokesman Advocate Abdul Rashid Minhas as having stated that the settling of non-locals in Kashmir and the selling of Kashmiri properties to outsiders is an attempt to tarnish the Muslim majority character of the occupied territory.
Minhas challenged that New Delhi cannot undermine Kashmiris’ indigenous struggle for self-determination by mean tactics.
He urged the world community to force India to maintain Kashmiris’ identity and help implement UN resolutions for final settlement of the Kashmir dispute.
The spokesman while demanding immediate release of thousands of Kashmiris including Hurriyat leadership languishing in different Indian jails said that Jammu and Kashmir is an internationally recognized disputed territory and placing restrictions on their freedom to speech is contrary to the international law.
Peaceful struggle in Kashmir
He said that people in Kashmir had been engaged in a peaceful struggle to secure their birthright to self-determination for the past 78 years.
The APHC also condemned the attachment of properties of local people, saying communal elements have wicked plans to divide the Kashmir valley on communal lines after abrogation of article 370 and 35-A.
The spokesman deplored that under the nefarious agenda of bringing a demographic change, India issued tens of thousands of domicile certificates to outsiders in past six years in the Kashmir valley and Jammu region.
To rob Kashmiris of their identity and rights, the spokesperson said, India is issuing domicile certificates to non-Kashmiris on fast-track basis, which is clear violation of UN resolutions on Kashmir.
Besides, the BJP govt is using brutal tactics like illegal confiscations, forced evictions, termination of employees and demolition of properties to effect a demographic change in the territory as early as possible.
He said the people in Kashmir are least interested in Modi’s development mantra. What is important for them is their right to self-determination, which BJP-led Indian govt never likes to discuss, he added.
