Geelani: India wants to kill time through holding talks
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Written by KMS
Friday, 22 October 2010 14:29
New Delhi, October 22, 2010: Chairman of All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) Syed Ali Shah Geelani, while refusing to hold talks with the newly appointed team of interlocutors by India, has said that India is not sincere in holding meaningful and result-oriented dialogue but it is its another attempt to kill the time.
Syed Ali Shah Geelani addressing a seminar in New Delhi organised by the Committee for Release of Political Prisoners said, All previous dialogue processes with India have failed without solving the issue as New Delhi didnt want to find out amicable solution to the Kashmir dispute.
He reiterated that the Kashmir dispute could be resolved only through right of Self-Determination and the people of Occupied State of Jammu and Kashmir (OSJK) should be given a chance to determine their fate. He said that Kashmir was not an internal dispute but an international one and added the interlocutors should be boycotted. He informed the audience that Kashmiri youth were being targeted by Indian police and paramilitary forces during the peaceful protest demonstrations.
Earlier, noted Indian author, Arundhati Roy, expressed solidarity with the people of Occupied State of Jammu and Kashmir in their fight for justice and right of Self-Determination.
After taking over the control of SrinagarBaramulla highway, to thwart protests in rural areas, the Indian forces Rashtriya Rifles (RR) are searching most areas of Palhallan in Pattan and threatening the residents of dire consequences in case the schools and shops were not opened.
Residents told media men that Indian forces led by an army major who visited Palhallan, Goshbugh, Wusan and many adjoining areas entered into the schools of villages. A Major of the Rashtriya Rifles met the village heads and residents. He ordered them to ensure that schools and shops should be opened on the days announced by APHC chairman, Syed Ali Shah Geelani, to be marked with strike.
He (Major) said that army would not allow the people to observe the strike on the call of Hurriyat leaders, a resident of Wasun said. He added that the army officer threatened them of dire consequences in case they did not follow the orders.
The residents of Goshbugh said that the coercion, harassment, nocturnal raids and arrest by the Indian army had made their life a hell.
Illegally detained APHC leader and the Chairman of Jammu and Kashmir National Front, Nayeem Ahmad Khan was once again sent to Srinagar Central Jail on 10-day judicial remand. Nayeem Ahmad Khan was arrested on June 28, this year when the All Parties Hurriyat Conference had given Sopore chalo call after Machil fake encounter followed by killing of innocent Kashmiri people by Indian troops.
Nayeem Ahmad Khan was presented in the court of Chief Judicial Magistrate, Budgam. Several senior lawyers present in the court submitted a bail application for the APHC leader. The court issued directives for sending Nayeem Ahmad Khan to Srinagar Central Jail on 10 days judicial remand.
Nayeem Khan was arrested on June 28 near Pattan when he was on way to Sopore to express solidarity with the families of four youth martyred by Indian troops in the town. He was lodged in Baramulla sub-jail.
On September 29, a court granted bail to the APHC leader, however, he was shifted by the police to Joint Interrogation Centre at Humhama. Subsequently, on October 6, he was presented by police before court, which granted him remand for five days. He was again produced before the court of October 11 and was sent on judicial remand for 10 more days and was lodged in Central Jail Srinagar.
The authorities continued to impose curfew and strict restrictions in Srinagar and all other towns to prevent people form conducting a march towards Bijbehara, today.
Call for the march had been given by APHC chairman, Syed Ali Shah Geelani as part of the ongoing "Quit Kashmir Movment". All entry points of Bijbehara town were closed with razor wire and armoured vehicles while the area around the historical Jamia Masjid in Srinagar was sealed.
In other developement, a dead body of one more youth was recovered from the debris of the houses destroyed by Indian forces in Srinagar, the provincial capital of Occupied State of Jammu & Kashmir.
With the recovery of the body, the toll of martyred youth has risen to three at Maloora Shalteng in the city outskirts. The Indian forces on Thursday during clash with Mujahideen destroyed two residential houses with heavy mortar shelling and bodies of two youth were recovered from the debris, last evening, after the operation ended.
On the other hand, three Indian forces including Captain, Gaurav, Lance Naik, Karnail Singh and Sepoy, Karan Singh were killed in a landslide triggered by heavy rains at Tikri in Uri area of Baramulla district.
Meanwhile, the occupation authorities strictly restricted the movement of people in Srinagar, Islamabad, Bijbehara, Shopian and other towns by imposing curfew and other restrictions.
Geelani: India wants to kill time through holding talks
