Poll a military operation:Geelani group =>While terming the government’s plan of crackdown on pro-freedom camp with respect to the upcoming election drama as ‘ridicules’, the All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) headed by Syed Ali Shah Geelani, said ‘this action proves our stand cent present right that the election in Jammu and Kashmir are merely a ‘military operation rather than a democratic process’. In a statement issued here, while challenging the government, the Hurriyat said: “If Syed Ali Geelani and other pro-freedom leaders are allowed to reach people and let them to run an election boycott campaign, the majority of people will boycott this election drama and will stay away from this military operation.” The ailing leader’s forum termed proposed plan of government to restrict the movement of 367 persons and issuance of non-bailable warrant against 957 persons as ‘an act of state terrorism and lawlessness by the state administration’. “These persons doesn’t hold any weapon and neither are they going to forcibly stop the people from casting votes nor are they any threat to the law and order, but they only want to present their view before the people and inform them that how India use their vote which is begged for electricity and water, as a tool against our sacred movement and how India justifies its forced occupation and how this vote harms the Kashmir cause,” the amalgam said. While quoting a ruling of Supreme Court, the Hurriyat said that the Indian Supreme Court have passed a ruling, which states that ‘the election boycott or the campaign for election boycott is a democratic and basic right of every citizen’. “According to this ruling, the election boycott campaign of pro-freedom leaders is in no way any offence nor breaks it any law, so there is no justification with the government to detain or restrict the movement of pro-freedom leaders for election boycott, but it proves the fact that the elections held is Jammu and Kashmir are neither any democratic process nor are they meant to know the choice of the people,” it said, adding: “Elections in Jammu and Kashmir are actually a joint operation of Indian Home Ministry, Army and secret agencies by which sometimes National Conference, sometimes PDP and sometimes state-Congress are made successful and the candidates are selected for the posts.” The Hurriyat said: “these operations has made the entry of Kuka Parray like persons into the state assembly and with the help of this operation, Ghulam Hassan Mir like lone members of their party is offered the Ministerial berths in every government.” “Hurriyat Conference has given a free advice to the Indian government that instead of detaining hundreds of persons in jails, they should itself announce and select some favourite persons and then declare them successful, this will not only save the millions of dollars spent on this election drama but this will also save them from the embarrassment which they are facing due to this military operation in the name of elections in Kashmir which nullifies their claim of big democracy,” the statement reads.(GNS)
Posted on: Thu, 20 Mar 2014 18:03:57 +0000
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