Reistance call Off Shutdown to facilitate ‘Shivratri’

The separatist leaders in the Kashmir valley have called off the protest and shutdown on this Friday to facilitate Shivratri festival.
Three separatist leaders with Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Yasin Malik, who have been jointly issuing protest and shutdown calendars since July last year, decided to call off the protest and shutdown scheduled for February 24.
The decision was conveyed by Mirwaiz in a tweet today. He said the decision to call off the protest and shutdown on Friday was meant to “facilitate Shivratri festival of Kashmiri Pandit community”.
The separatist leaders had last week jointly issued a protest calendar which had called for a shutdown on Friday. The shutdown, which has now been called off, was the only day without relaxation in the protest calendar. The calendar had listed detailed protests and demonstrations from February 16 to 28.
The separatist trio is continuing to issue the protest calendar for almost the past eight months even though it has become increasingly ineffective.