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Separatists likely to devise poll boycott strategy
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Tuesday, 18 March 2014
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Deliberations on to evolve consensus over a common strategy
Srinagar: With the political
mainstream in Jammu and Kashmir already in poll mode, the separatists have
started in house deliberations to evolve a consensus over a common strategy to
make their poll boycott call ‘a success’.
Reports maintained that a section of senior pro-freedom
leaders are in continuous contact with Mirwaiz led Huriyat and a common plan to
go for a mass contact programme highlighting the ‘demerits’ of participation in
polls is likely to be chalked out very soon.
Talking to KNS, Chairman Huriyat Conference (M) Mirwaiz
Umar Farooq stated that in principle the pro-freedom camp here is united
vis-à-vis polls and that elections are rejected in letter and spirit at large
by Kashmir’s separatist leadership. “The consensus is already there –we reject
elections and urge people to stay away from the same.”
However, Mirwaiz observed that till now he has not been
approached by any pro-freedom group over the issue and Huriyat in near future
will devise the strategy to launch poll boycott campaign in valley.
As the Huriyat Conference led by senior separatist Syed
Ali Geelani has already urged people to go for a complete poll boycott,
Chairman Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front Mohammad Yasin Malik in his
recently held rallies has stated that vote means ‘betrayal’ with the sacrifices
rendered by the people during the ongoing resistance movement.
Huriyat Conference (JK) senior leader Shabir Ahmad Shah
told KNS that there must be the coordination between the various separatist
groups over the issue of poll boycott and that his amalgam from the very first
day has been asking people to stay away from the polling booths.
Sources informed KNS that the senior resistance leader
and MeA patron Mohammad Azam Inqilabi has been holding series of deliberations
with various fro-freedom factions over the issue of poll boycott and has also
urged various factions to stand united over election boycott strategy. In his
recent statement, Inqilabi has also supported the boycott call of Hizb Supremo
Syed Sallah-ud-din and has urged people to reject the election fray at large. (KNS)
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