Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Apr 16: Hurriyat Conference (M) Chairman, Mirwaiz Omar Farooq, today said that had the elections in the State been taken seriously a bit, people would have not been facing the problems of basic necessities like “Bijli”, “Pani” and “Sadak”. He said that these basic necessities are even provided in Martial law.
Mirwaiz said that their struggle against Tosa Maidan lease extension would continue till the lease is not ended.
He snubbed the civil society and told them to desist from issuing divisive statements. “We ask those people who say Tosa Maidan is a local issue or tourism related issue and is apolitical to stop issuing such statements. Can’t they identify our struggle against the illegal occupation of thousands of kanals of land with institutionalization of military here,” he asked.
Mirwaiz also criticized the political parties who are contesting elections for coming up with “illogical” election manifestos and dared them to talk about issues like demilitarization, removal of AFSPA and permanent solution to end uncertainty in the state.
“Let main stream political parties talk on serious issues like demilitarization of state, right to self-determination and peaceful resolution of Kashmir,” Mirwaiz said, while addressing a seminar on “Military concentration, sham election and Tosa Maidan lease-reflection of India’s Imperialistic designs” in Hurriyat Office at Rajbagh.
Mirwaiz said in a place where democracy is crushed under the boots of oppression, elections hardly make any sense.
The separatist leader termed elections as a “big drama” enacted by politicians to deceive the people here, and said: “We have seen elections for many decades but no election changed the basic nature of Kashmir.”
Accusing the local politicians for dancing on the tunes of New Delhi, Mirwaiz said: “they can’t raise serious issue with New Delhi, as they know their salaries would be stopped.”
Mirwaiz said these politicians were adopting dishonest means to remain in power and pleasing their masters. “If the Government had been serious about the resolution of Kashmir issue, then can’t they reduce military footsteps in the state when militancy was gone down,” he said.
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