Excelsior Correspondent
Srinagar, Aug 23 : Amid reports of Centre banning Hurriyat Conference, its chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq today said that they represent the aspirations of the people of Jammu and Kashmir and seek their fulfilment through dialogue.
A statement issued here by the Hurriyat Conference headed by Mirwaiz said that the nature of the Jammu and Kashmir dispute can’t be alerted through “repression, legal tactics or propaganda”.
“The sentiments of the people of J&K, with regard to the resolution of the Kashmir dispute in a peaceful and fair manner, cannot be altered despite repression, legal tactics or propaganda,” the statement said.
The statement said that Hurriyat will always represent those aspiration and seek their fulfilment through its principled stand of dialogue and deliberations among the stakeholders of the conflict
On the police claim that the Hurriyat was involved in sending students to Pakistan against payments for studies, the statement said the Mirwaiz completely rejected and denounced the propaganda.
“It’s a propaganda that the executive leadership, who could recommend aspiring Kashmiri candidates to medical and technical colleges in Pakistan, would ‘sell’ the admission seats to students for money. This is completely unfounded and can be verified by those students or parents whom they have recommended, many among them being from among economically weak sections,” the statement reads.
The Hurriyat said the Mirwaiz had all along been giving recommendation letters to students for their benefit when they came to him asking for them to get admission in the colleges and universities in Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Turkey and elsewhere.
Mirwaiz remains under house arrest in Srinagar and is barred from leading prayers at the historic Jamia Masjid in Srinagar since August 5, 2019.
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