In Shopian, Geelani lashes out at mainstream parties ‘PDP, PC offshoots of Congress, NC Delhi’s stooge; Those who can’t protect our lives, resources and chastity of our daughters have no right to seek votes’ Shopian, Nov 7: Hitting hard at mainstream parties of the State, Hurriyat Conference (G) Chairman Syed Ali Geelani Wednesday said Peoples Democratic Party and Peoples Conference are the offshoots of Congress while National Conference is patronized by the Central party right from 1938. “There are certain regional parties like PDP who hoodwink people by claiming to be representing the aspirations of Kashmiris but the reality is that they derive their origin from Congress and are equally responsible for strengthening occupation,” Geelani said addressing a gathering in Gole Chowk of this South Kashmir town. “PC, that claims to be striving for a change, too has its origin in Congress while NC has been patronized by the party right from 1938 when it split from Muslim Conference,” Geelani said. Geelani said that he does not have any personal animosity with any mainstream regional political party but since they ‘support occupation’ they are equally responsible for the people’s miseries. “It is you (mainstream leaders) who are heading the Unified Headquarters and under whose patronage armed forces commit human rights violations,” Geelani said. Asking people to stay away from upcoming polls, Geelani said, “It is an irony that the people who did not raise any voice when I was subjected to prolonged house detention from the year 2008, are now questioning why I have been released.” Geelani said, “One of the PDP leaders has appealed me not to carry poll boycott campaign as it would help NC. I ask him, is PDP a party of angels? This party has been equally responsible for grave rights violations. It was during the tenure of PDP that chastity of a mother-daughter duo was outraged by Army in Badrapayeen village in North Kashmir. The next day then Chief Minister Mufti Muhammad Sayed, flanked by Home Minister of India, denied that rape has been committed on the daughter. I ask him where was his conscience then and why he did not leave his chair then.” He said that PDP Patron Mufti Muhammad Syed, as Home Minister in Centre, was instrumental in appointing Jagmohan as Governor of Jammu and Kashmir who then carried out massacre of Kashmiris including the killing of 22 innocent civilians in Kupwara during a protest demonstration led by Tehreek-i-Hurriyat leader Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai. “Mufti Muhammad Sayeed recently claimed that he will solve the Kashmir issue if he gets 40 seats and after few days he said that solution of Kashmir issue lies within the ambit of Indian Constitution,” said Geelani. He said the fact remains that all mainstream parties want status quo to prevail. “I appeal all the people not to fall prey to the petty politics of pro-India parties whether it is NC, PDP, Congress, CPI (M) or third front and stay away from all the polls being held under Indian Constitution,” said Geelani. He said that the hands of these parties are ‘drenched in blood.’ “Those who can’t protect our lives, property, resources and most importantly the chastity of our daughters have no right to seek votes,” said Geelani as the people in the gathering raised hands pledging not to vote. Geelani appealed people to carry forward his message of staying away from polls and run door to door boycott campaign. “The youth are the torch bearers of this nation and you have to carry the message of poll boycott to people’s doorsteps not by using stick or pelting stones but on moral grounds or through your deeds,” Geelani appealed. He said though elections don’t change the disputed nature of JK but New Delhi was using them to hoodwink the international community. “In 2012, the Prime Minister of India during his August 15 speech claimed that huge turnout in Panchayat elections was a mandate in favor of democracy. So we should remain vigilant and not give them any chance to defame our movement,” Geelani said. “They are adopting a strategy of fielding many candidates and even four family members of a single family contest the polls against each other which is to ensure high turnout. But the fact remains that we too have our weaknesses and are helping them in one way.
Posted on: Thu, 07 Nov 2013 00:57:10 +0000
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