28 June, 2008 12:00:51
Jehangir RashidSrinagar, June 28:
Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front on Saturday said that if the situation which has come up over the last one week continues for some time, militant uprising would revisit the Kashmir valley.Talking to journalists at a hurriedly convened press conference, Ghulam Rasool Dar alias Eidi, general secretary JKLF said that the situation has gone out of control of the government.He said that the “oppressive” measures of the troops would force the youth to take up guns and the blame in this respect would lie entirely on the state government. “Over the last few days, hundreds of people have been injured and some others have been killed in the repressive measures taken by the troops. It is our belief that we are moving towards a situation of 1990 when militancy was at its peak in the Kashmir valley. The government should act fast and revoke the order and in case they don’t do so then they are in for serious trouble,” said the JKLF general secretary.Eidi said that the ongoing public anger against the land transfer issue is an off-shoot of the “movement” which has been launched for the complete “freedom” of Jammu Kashmir from India. He added that the protest demonstrations against the transfer of the forestland should open the eyes of the government. “Kashmiris have offered numerous sacrifices during the ongoing movement, and we will not budge from our demand. We want complete freedom from India and we won’t accept anything less than that. Our goal is complete independence and the controversy surrounding the land transfer issue is an off-shoot of the ongoing movement,” said the JKLF general secretary.Eidi said that Kashmiris are neither against Yatra nor Hindus and they have always upheld secular credentials. He castigated chief minister Ghulam Nabi Azad who in a statement had said that Kashmiris have achieved nothing even after thousands of people have been killed over the last two decades. “Azad has forgotten that Kashmiris are demanding freedom and for that they are offering the sacrifices. The movement is going on in the right direction and this would not stop unless and until it is taken to its logical conclusion,” said the JKLF general secretary. He added that the transfer of forest land to Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB) is an attempt to strengthen the “illegal occupation” of India on the state of Jammu Kashmir.Eidi condemned the police action on a procession at HSH Street, and said that the Front chairman Muhammad Yasin Malik along with Noor Muhammad Kalwal, Muhammad Zaman and some others were injured in the police action.“The Front leaders along with the common people carried out a procession against the land transfer. As soon as they reached near the HSH Street area, the policemen attacked them. Sixty persons were injured in the attack and many among them were hospitalized in the Bone & Joint hospital at Barzulla,” said the JKLF general secretary.Speaking on the occasion, senior leader of the Front, Showkat Ahmad Bakshi said Kashmiris are neither against Yatra nor Hindus. He added that the government wants to give a communal colour to the present “uprising” against the transfer of the forest land.
Is it the argument of Kashmiri Muslims that a Hindu shrine should not get any land for improvement of its facilities? Since residency laws are in place in Kashmir, where does the question of 'outsiders' settling in the 100 acres land arise? I think the Kashmiri Muslims have shown their true colours - they are religious fanatics who hate Hindus. Their claims of serving the Yatris is misleading. The Amarnath Yatra is an economic boon for the Muslims and they are exploiting it. If facilities come up in the 100 acre land, financial income of the Muslims may get reduced and their only motive in "helping" the Yatris would no longer be tempting. Therefore they bare their true colours.
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