Separatists call for protests today

The separatists also referred to news reports about the process initiated by the Government for identification of land in many districts of the Valley for Kashmiri Pandit townships.

Vowing to fight the “ill-designs” of the J&K government, top separatist leaders on Wednesday warned the coalition dispensation to stop its “oppressive policies” or face agitation.
“These so-called rulers are playing hypocritical politics and lying about separate colonies and new industrial policy,” said a joint statement from Hurriyat chiefs Syed Ali Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, and JKLF chief Muhammad Yasin Malik. “The statement of so-called Industries Minister that the industrial policy has been implemented from March 15, 2016 has exposed this hypocritical politics of PDP-BJP government,” the joint statement read.
The separatists also referred to news reports about the process initiated by the Government for identification of land in many districts of the Valley for Kashmiri Pandit townships.
“These reports have come in. Also, a new phase of custodial killings has been started by the Government. The killing of Sheikh Tanveer Sultan of Bemina is an example of this. All these are acts of oppression,” the statement read.
The senior separatist leaders said people of Kashmir “stand against these conspiratorial plots of RSS-backed PDP-BJP regime” and appealed Kashmiris to hold peaceful protests against these ‘plots’ on Friday, after congregational prayers.
“A joint consultation meeting between the three leaders was held in which they deliberated upon all these issues,” the statement read.
They said recently “in the so-called Assembly, the so-called chief minister said that industrial policy will be revisited. Also one of the so-called ministers claimed in a press conference said this policy will to be revived and hasn’t been implemented yet. But on Wednesday, the so-called industries minister’s statement has exposed their hypocritical politics and blatant lies that are only being spread to hoodwink public opinion and reduce public anger on these issues,” the joint statement read.
The separatist leaders said all these conspiracies are being hatched by PDP-BJP coalition “for implementation of RSS’s anti-Kashmir and anti-Muslim agenda and the only goal of these conspiracies is to hurt Muslim majority character of Jammu and Kashmir and turn majority into minority.”
During the consultations it was decided that joint resistance against these “conspiratorial plots” will continue.