SRINAGAR (Kashmir English): The All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) has denounced Indian Home Minister Amit Shah’s inflammatory remarks against the Hurriyat platform, calling them a desperate attempt to deflect attention from India’s political and military failures in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIOJK).
According to Kashmir Media Service, APHC spokesman Advocate Abdul Rashid Minhas in a statement issued in Srinagar, said Shah’s tirade in the Indian Parliament branding Hurriyat as a “terrorist outfit” is not only slanderous but reflects New Delhi’s growing frustration with the Kashmiri people’s unwavering resistance.
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He reminded the world that Hurriyat Conference is the authentic political voice of the people of Jammu and Kashmir, representing their internationally recognised demand for self-determination.
Minhas said the Kashmiris have never accepted India’s illegal military occupation or the communal Hindutva doctrine imposed since 1947. “Despite unrelenting oppression, the people of Kashmir continue their peaceful and principled resistance. Their struggle is rooted in the UN Security Council’s January 5, 1949 resolution guaranteeing a plebiscite,” he said.
Rejecting the BJP government’s August 2019 actions, including the abrogation of Articles 370 and 35A, as unconstitutional and imposed through brute force, the APHC reiterated that Kashmiris have categorically rejected these unilateral moves.
“India’s illegal measures are aimed at enforcing demographic and political change, but the people of Kashmir remain undeterred,” Minhas asserted.
He accused the Modi-led regime of using recent killings in Dachigam, Srinagar, as a propaganda stunt to distract from its failures in Pahalgam and deflect public anger during the ongoing monsoon session of Parliament. “Linking the Dachigam-Harwan killings with the April Pahalgam incident is a desperate attempt to spin a fake narrative, especially after the Pahalgam episode drew public and international scrutiny,” he said.
Minhas exposed the so-called “Operation Sindoor” as nothing but a politically motivated drama, saying the BJP and its puppet regime in IIOJK are using the Dachigam fake encounter as cover fire to bury the embarrassment of operational and diplomatic setbacks.
He further pointed out that Kashmiris, including civilians in remote towns and villages, are being arrested and harassed in the name of the Pahalgam incident without any legal basis. “These arbitrary detentions expose India’s systematic abuse of power to crush dissent and criminalise political expression,” Minhas said.
On recent cross-border hostilities, he said India’s unprovoked attacks on civilian areas in Azad Jammu and Kashmir backfired both morally and diplomatically, drawing widespread condemnation. “India continues to flout international law, posing a serious threat to regional peace,” he warned.
The APHC urged the United Nations, OIC, and global human rights organisations to take urgent cognizance of the deteriorating human rights situation in Kashmir and hold India accountable for its crimes in the disputed territory.
“Kashmiris will never surrender their right to freedom. India’s repression and propaganda may delay justice but can never erase the reality of Kashmir’s disputed status or suppress the people’s voice,” Minhas concluded.
