Calling for ‘boycott’ of pro-India political parties and their workers, resistance leaders today reiterated that “no one will be allowed to sell the blood of martyrs and the freedom struggle will be carried forward till it reaches its logical end.”
Addressing a seminar, organised on third death anniversary of 17-year-old teenager, Wamiq Farooq Wani of Rainawari, who was allegedly killed by government forces by firing teargas shell on his head in 2010 at Old City’s Gani Memorial stadium.
Speaking on the occasion, noted lawyer and Former president of High Court bar association (HCBA), Mian Abdul Qayoom said that “the sacrifices of the martyrs won’t be ignored.”
“We have offered the sacrifices of lakhs of people right from 1947 and we cannot forget them,” said Qayoom. He termed Wamiq Farooq as “symbol of martyrs.”
Qayoom lambasted and called for ‘boycott’ of pro-India political parties and state forces. He urged people to ‘refrain’ from taking part in elections.
“We should boycott elections held by India here in Kashmir. We should stop collaborating with Pro-India parties as well as Jammu and Kashmir Police,” adding “the anti-India sentiment in the hearts of Kashmiris won’t be crushed and our struggle for Right to self-determination will be taken its logical end,” he said.
Pro Independence Jammu and Kashmir Liberation front’s vice chairman Bashir Ahmad Bhat said that “Kashmiri Nation is not afraid of hangings and martyrdoms.”
“They (Wamiq’s Family) are not alone. The whole Nation is on their back. Martyrdoms and detentions are part of the movement,” Bashir said. “We will continue the struggle in the same way like Maqbool Bhat did, who was then hanged by India,” he added.
Bashir said, “Strategy is part of the movement and we should shun our relations with collaborators,” while referring to Pro-India parties.
District president of Tehreek-i-Hurriyat, Raja Mehraj-u-Din, which is also a constituent of Hurriyat Conference (G), said that “the hypocrites within the resistance leaderships have hurt the movement both at the time of armed rebellion as well as during civil uprising.”
“In order to appease their western masters and call them as moderates, they indulge in collaboration with India, which has created rift among leadership,” he said. “In the name of strategy, few leaders in Kashmir are on the path of sell-out,” he added.
Paying ‘glorious tributes’ to Wamiq Farooq, he said that the blood of martyrs won’t get waste.
Dozens of people including pro freedom leaders, lawyers, and members of civil society were present on the occasion.
The father of Wamiq Farooq, alleged that police and state are creating ‘hurdles’ in the case of his son and are ‘shielding culprits.’
A leading Urdu daily of Kashmir reported that Farooq paid nearly 400 hundred visits, seeking justice for his slain son, to courts from Kashmir to Delhi.
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