Srinagar, October 13 (KNO) : Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman, Syed Ali Geelani on Saturday said that India is suffering from ‘arrogance of power and is using an imperialistic attitude’ in Jammu and Kashmir to crush our movement of right to self-determination.
“Since 1947 our nation has rendered unparalleled sacrifices, thousands were caged and brutally tortured, properties worth billions razed to ground and looted, and sexual assault and rape used as war weapon. But India has not been able to suppress our emotions with this brutality,” Geelani said in a statement issued to (KNO).Geelani as per the statement has said this on telephonic address to the mourners of the Shabir Ahmad Dar of Samboora who was killed in Pulwama encounter.
Paying tributes to him, Geelani said “our youth lay their lives to end the age-old slavery of their nation and for right to self-determination and reiterated his pledge to take the ongoing movement to its logical end. We will never allow any body to barter with the precious blood of martyrs. We need to be aware of this and we are duty bound to safe guard their sacrifices and should desist from such activities which prove harmful for our movement.”
Hurriyat chairman said that “India is suffering from arrogance of power and has tried its best to muzzle our voice—but has utterly failed to do so, and no power on earth particularly the Indian might, its brutality can never deter us from our much cherished goal of right to self-determination.” Stressing upon people in general and youth in particular, Geelani said that “we need to strengthen our faith and as a nation we need to the optimistic and by the grace of Almighty Allah the Indian brute force will come to an end and we will Insha Allah get rid of this forceful military occupation.”(KNO)