KL Report
SRINAGAR
Hurriyat Conference led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Wednesday said that the amalgam shall stand by the Hurriyat Constitution over the issue of “protecting Muslim character” of Jammu and Kashmir.
“Renewing their pledge that they stood by the Hurriyat constitution over the issue of protecting Muslim character of Jammu and Kashmir, the participants in the meeting reiterated that they that would continue their relentless efforts to protect the Muslim majority identity of the state at all costs,” a statement issued by the amalgam said.
Mirwaiz Umar Farooq had convened a joint meeting of Hurriyat’s executive council, general council and working body members at the conglomerates headquarters located in Rajbagh.
“The participants also pledged that they will tooth and nail oppose the communal, regional and divisive forces with militant and hegemonistic mindset. The Hurriyat constituents will speed up their political activities to protect the existing geographical and cultural identity and stability of the state of Jammu and Kashmir. In all this they would move forward with renewed vigor and oneness of purpose,” the statement said.
“The meeting reiterated its stand that sham elections could neither substitute the disputed status of Kashmir, nor could they alter the political and historical realities associated with the dispute. They further said that the cacophony of so called electoral politics in Kashmir, cannot drown the aspirations and sentiments of people towards the freedom struggle.”
“Stability and security in South Asia would always be dependent on the resolution of the Kashmir issue needs to be understood.”
Further, the statement said that the participants stressed upon the Indian leadership to shed its intransigence and start a meaningful dialogue with Pakistani and Kashmiri leadership to solve the Kashmir dispute.
