Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Monday said that people will oppose “tooth and nail” attempts to harm special status and cautioned government of India that any fiddling with it will “make things from bad to worse.”
“People of Jammu and Kashmir will not tolerate any attempt to damage or harm the special status of Jammu and Kashmir and will oppose tooth and nail any move aimed at changing the demography of the State,” a spokesman of the Hurriyat Conference said In a statement issued here.
He “cautioned” that any such move will further worsen the situation and make things from bad to worse.
Commenting on the reports about the file regarding 35-A going missing from home ministry, the Hurriayt Conference said that it hardly makes any difference.
“Whether the file goes missing or remains at its place, the fact remains that J&K has a special status by virtue of Article 370 and any change in this status is unacceptable to the people of Jammu and Kashmir,” he said.
New Delhi, the spokesman said, seems to be “hell bent” upon to changing the Muslim majority character of the State and to “snatch the rights of the people. “Now the judicial system of India is being exploited to achieve this objective,” he said, underling that it was a “universally known fact that Jammu and Kashmir is a disputed territory the fate of which is yet to be decided as there are 18 resolutions pending implementation in the United Nations.”
In an oblivious reference to Delhi, the spokesman said under the 35-A, J&K citizens enjoy special state subject rights and those trying to scrap should keep in mind that all the efforts aimed at damaging the special status will face a stiff resistance.
He said that the people of Kashmir are struggling for a “just cause since past 70 years despite facing hardships, they will not hesitate to give any sacrifice for the protection of their rights.”
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