ISLAMABAD, (MILLAT/APP): The All Parties Hurriyet Conference
(APHC) in Indian occupied Kashmir, has said that India is not
sincere in finding a peaceful and lasting solution to the Kashmir
dispute.
According to Kashmir Media Service, the APHC in a statement
issued in Srinagar reacting to the recent assertion of Indian Home
Minister, Rajnath Singh, said that Indian government was yet to
accept that Kashmir was a disputed territory and not a law and
order problem.
Rajnath Singh had said that Indian government was ready to
talk to anyone in Kashmir to resolve the problem.
The APHC said, “Kashmir is simply an issue for right to
self-determination and the issue lists at top in all other
recognized human values. Sincere steps are needed to settle the
dispute.
However, the egoistic and stubborn approach of Indian
authorities is creating impediments.”
Commenting over the assertion of Rajnath Singh wherein he
claimed that during his visit to the Valley, he attempted to find
out a solution to the Kashmir dispute, the APHC said, “It is
ridiculous and illustrates their arrogance.
He will never divulge reality and it is their deceit to
mislead the Indian people.”
“During people’s uprising in 2016, Rajnath Singh though
visited the Valley, however, he preferred to maintain silence and
didn’t dare to reveal truth about Kashmir dispute,” the APHC said.
“Let India take initiative and honour opinion of its people
as they are craving for its honourable solution and acknowledge
all its pledges with regards to settle the Kashmir dispute,” it
added.
The APHC also demanded immediate release of Tariq Ahmad
Bazaz and other illegally detained Hurriyet activists. It also
strongly condemned the repeated police raids on the residence of
Hurriyet leaders, Ghulam Nabi Sumjhi and Ghazi Javed Ahmad Baba.
“Ghazi Javed is not a militant, however, being a political
worker his activities are peaceful. His relatives are being
targeted and one of his relatives, Tariq Ahmad Bazaz, was arrested
by police,” the statement said terming it unconstitutional and
unethical.
Meanwhile, the Hurriyet forum led by Mirwiaz Umar Farooq in
a statement in Srinagar reacting to Rajnath Singh’s assertions
said that unless New Delhi accepted Kashmir as a dispute and
showed urgency to resolve it situation in occupied Kashmir would
not become normal.
It said that Kashmir was not a law and order problem that
could be resolved by military might. Real peace and normalcy
cannot be achieved in Kashmir but will also elude the entire
region without settling the dispute, it added.