Srinagar: Hurriyat Conference (M) on Tuesday denounced imposition of curfew across downtown, sealing off all roads leading to the Eidgah and caging its chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq at his Nigeen residence.
In a statement issued here, the amalgam also said that disallowing people from holding congregational Fateh Khawani and a public rally to pay tribute to the martyrs and remember them on their anniversary, was a highly undemocratic, and insensitive move on part of rulers.
“It’s unfortunate that even commemorative rallies and gathering by Hurriyat Conference are disallowed,” the spokesman said, adding, “It is not for the first time that authorities imposed curfew and deployed government forces in length and sealed all routes leading to martyrs graveyard but it has been the practice of them since past over a decade now.”
The Hurriyat Conference said imposing curbs, restrictions and caging the leadership, can’t kill the reality of Kashmir issue nor the ideology that runs deep in the heart of every single citizen of Kashmir regarding its resolution, nor will it wash away the memories of the martyrdom of great leaders and all the martyrs of Kashmir struggle from the minds of people.
The Hurriyat Conference said that leadership and the people of Kashmir are steadfast and committed to the peaceful resolution of the Kashmir issue as per the aspirations of the people, which is the best guarded of peace in the region.