KL News Network
Srinagar
After shutdown of 133 days, Kashmir is going to have two full working days this weekend. This was stated in a statement issued by joint resistance leadership Wednesday evening.
According to the protest program, there would be no relaxation on Friday November18, full day relaxation on November 19 (Saturday) and November 20 (Sunday). Monday, November 21 and Tuesday November 22 would have no relaxations. And like in past relaxation from 4pm to 7 am on November 23 and 24.
“People of Kashmir have won a moral victory by refusing to yield and submit to oppression,” said the spokesman , quoting the trio; Syed Ali Geelani,Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik.
“We have made it clear to India that come what may we will be masters of our destiny. 130 days of continuous protest with wholehearted support and participation of people and offering of tremendous sacrifices has no parallel in the current world,” adds the statement.
They have further said that, “it gives us a measure of our strength. Only a nation which has deep commitment, resilience, determination and courage can sustain this kind of struggle. The people of Kashmir have shown to the world that they have a deep thirst for freedom for which they are prepared to stake their lives, their livelihood, their education, their everything.”
Terming the Indian state “ethically and morally bankrupt,” they said that their “local facilitators lie totally exposed before us and the world. It is quite evident that the only way that they can control us is through brute force. Surely that is unsustainable.”
While talking about the new protest calendar, the leadership is quoted to have said that “we have a long struggle ahead of us, we have to prepare ourselves, we have to survive and sustain ourselves to be able to fight this cunning and brutal oppression. We are face to face with an enemy who refuses to acknowledge and recognize the truth and uses every means-lies and obfuscations to undermine our just struggle.”
“How we move forward and carry our struggle towards its goal is a serious question as our sacrifices are immense.
On the one hand is the unbroken spirit of our youth who are on the streets resolute and continue to offer sacrifices. Their resistance and their passion for Azaadi is immense and is our most valuable and enduring resource. On the other hand, are the demands and needs for survival, for sustenance,” they added.
Urging people to inculcate resistance culture, the leadership in a statement said that “what is most important is that we do not lose initiative. While leadership has to take control be proactive and devise a long term strategy, People have to inculcate resistance culture within and make resistance a way of life.”
In a reference to meetings held with stakeholders, the spokesman said that, “while their was unequivocal support by one and all to continue the protests, pressing concerns of students and sustenance of certain segments of society greatly affected during the last four months was brought to the fore and discussed. These concerns have to be addressed while simultaneously carrying our struggle forward.”
“We now have to consolidate our gains and inshallah by the grace of almighty Allah and by the power of our commitment, victory will be ours,” they concluded.
