HURRIYAT CALLS FOR SHUTDOWN ON 31TH DECEMBER

Srinagar Dec 28 (Only Kashmir):  After the indiscriminate firing by Indian forces in Pulwama on 27 Dec, both the factions of Hurriyat has called for complete shutdown on Monday 31 Dec. 

While calling for complete shutdown on December 31 against the indiscriminate firing by Indian forces in Pulwama and termed it a state terrorism. Chairman Hurriyat Conference Syed Ali Geelani has extended his wholehearted sympathy with injured persons in the said incident and added that the forces are so trigger happy to the extent that blood of the people of Kashmir has turned very cheap for them. Terming the announcement of majestrail inquiry, a good joke,Syed Ali Geelani said ,that it is nothing but to deceive and pacify the rage of masses and added that it is understood that the state administration is not in a position to inquire about the incident and it is not denying the fact that no armed person can be examined in court because of AFSPA. 

Meanwhile Chairman of other Hurriyat Faction Mirwaiz Umar Farooq expressed serious concern over the recent incident at Pulwama during which Indian troops used wanton

force and opened fire on the peaceful people injuring dozens of people, four of them critically.  He said the incident has aptly exposed the hollow and fabricated statements of the government of India that things were peaceful in Kashmir.  “It contradicts the stand of GOI on Kashmir that things were peaceful,” Mirwaiz said 

Strongly condemning the use of force and suppressive tactics on innocent and peaceful people at Pulwama, APHC Chairman said that the GOI should take cue from the incident that emotions and aspirations of Kashmiri people can’t be suppressed on gunpoint. Meanwhile Huriyat has called for a complete strike on Monday 31st of December against this incident and asked people to protest peacefully demanding withdrawal of armed forces from towns and cities and repealing of the black laws. (OK)