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ISLAMABAD, (APP): Hurriyet leaders,in Indian held
Kashmir, have strongly rejected the Indian Prime Minister,
Narendra Modi’s assertions on Balochistan and Azad Kashmir.
The Chief Organizer of the All Parties Hurriyet Conference,
Altaf Shah, in an interview in Srinagar said that instead of
commenting on internal issues of Pakistan, Narendra Modi should
introspect and stop human rights violations in the valley,reported
Kashmir Media Service.
“Modi has made a futile attempt to dilute Kashmir issue by
commenting on Balochistan. We challenge him to hold referendum in
Jammu and Kashmir and see for himself what do Kashmiris want.
Since 1947, India has made many attempts to suppress
aspirations of Kashmiris. Despite being a signatory to UN
resolutions on Kashmir, India is denying Kashmiris their
inalienable right to self-determination. For the past over 38
days, India has been using brute force to quell peaceful protests
on streets of Kashmir.”
Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front Vice Chairman, Advocate
Bashir Ahmad Butt, in a statement said, “Modi has realized that
New Delhi’s all oppressive measures in Kashmir have failed to keep
the people of Kashmir from pursuing their freedom struggle which
is purely indigenous. Now he is raising frivolous issues that have
no takers anywhere in the world.”
The Hurriyet leaders said that by issuing such statements,
Modi was vainly trying to put a cover on the prevailing crisis in
the occupied territory arising from oppressive policies of New
Delhi to muzzle the Kashmiris’ voice for freedom.