Rawat’s statement confession of Indian occupation of Kashmir
ISLAMABAD, (MILLAT ONLINE):Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) comprising Syed Ali Gilani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik, in Indian occupied Kashmir, has said that the Indian army chief, General Bipin Rawat’s recent statement is admission of the fact that Kashmir is under illegal occupation of India.
According to Kashmir Media Service, the resistance leaders addressing a press conference at the Nigeen residence of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq said that Kashmir movement was love and worship for them and no matter how far New Delhi could go in building pressure on the resistance leadership, there was no question of surrender. They also trashed the charge sheet presented by India’s National Investigation Agency (NIA) against several Kashmiris including Hurriyat leaders.
Syed Ali Gilani, who is under continued house arrest since 2010, addressing the presser on phone from his Hyderpora residence said General Rawat has tried to equate the Kashmiris’ peaceful struggle with terrorism. He said the resistance against India is being carried out through peaceful means because the people of Jammu and Kashmir believe that the issue can only be resolved peacefully and not militarily.
“We have no grudge against India as a country and neither its people. We always wish them good. The real fight of people of Kashmir is against Delhi’s forcible rule through its military deployment in Kashmir. The Kashmiri people and the resistance leadership are not carrying guns or bombs in their hands as their struggle is peaceful and purely indigenous in nature. So linking our peaceful struggle with terrorism is nothing but a ploy to justify bloodshed and massacre of people of Kashmir, including that of the pro-freedom leadership,” he stated.
“We want to remind the Indian army chief that we are demanding our right which has been promised by none other than the first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru,” he added.
On the charge sheet filed by the NIA against the Kashmiris, Syed Ali Gilani pointed out that all the charges and witnesses are false and fake. “None of those lodged in Tihar Jail and arrested by the NIA has any criminal record. They have nothing to do with funding case. We demand their unconditional release,” he said.