Mirvaiz-led Hurriyat conference failed to represent aspirations of Kashmiris: Sheikh Yaqoob

“We support Syed Ali Shah Geelani’s forum”

Srinagar, May 14: Announcing its unconditional support to veteran Pro-Freedom leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani, Jammu Kashmir Peoples League Chairman, Sheikh Mohd Yaqoob Thursday said that Mirvaiz-led Hurriyat Conference failed to represent the aspirations of oppressed Kashmiri people.

“Jammu Kashmir Peoples League which held deliberations over the prevailing political scenario of Kashmir in past several weeks has now decided to support veteran Pro-Freedom leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani’s forum for its pro-people and pro-freedom policies,” Sheikh Yaqoob said in an issued statement.

He said that during the course of deliberations it was found that only Syed Ali Shah Geelani’s forum is respecting and fallowing the 1993 constitution for the peaceful resolution of Kashmir dispute.

“Distressed with the way Mirvaiz-led Hurriyat forum worked in past few years and sidelined the constitution, we earlier quitted the forum and now the party has decided to support Hurriyat (G),” he said, adding it is the reason that dozens of constituents from last three years have quit the group.

Yaqoob said that all those persons who still sneak into the cozy corridors of Mirviaz-Group are cheaters and will be given no space in the party fold. “One man calming to be representatives of JKPL are actually among those who have sold the sacrifices and mission of martyrs and are on the parole of Indian intelligence agencies,” he said.

Taking a dig on Mirvaiz led Hurriyat Conference; Yaqoob said that the forum miserably failed in representing the aspirations of oppressed Kashmiris.

“Kashmiris have sacrificed their precious lives for the freedom struggle and they will not allow any body to enter into secret deals to sell the sacrifices of martyrs for comforts and power,” he said.

He said that Mirvaiz led Hurriyat conference should come clear on the martyrdom of Shaheed-e-Azeemat Sheikh Abdul Aziz and should tell the nation why they failed to reveal the identity of those involved in his martyrdom.

“Leaders in Mirvaiz Hurriyat conference know the people who were actively involved in the conspiracy which was hatched in New Delhi against the Shaheed-e-Azeemat Sheikh Abdul Aziz and under which he was martyred. We want to know what happened to internal probe which was assured and why it failed to reveal identity of involved persons who claim to be representatives of Kashmiris,” Yaqoob said.

Sheikh Yaqoob asked Mirvaiz Umar Farooq to reveal the truth before the oppressed Kashmiri nation.

He said that after the martyrdom of Shaheed-e-Azeemat Sheikh Abdul Aziz, a worker of Peoples league was tasked to crush the party and party’s mission. He said that worker later under the patronage of Indian intelligence and few Hurriyat leaders hijacked the party and divided the party into number of groups. “This man who is on intelligence parole asked our party men to refrain from carrying out political activities which forced them to join other pro-freedom groups,” he said, however added now all the party leaders, activists, colleagues and friends of Shaheed-e-Azeemat Sheikh Abdul Aziz have joined hands to defeat Indian intelligence and their collaborators.

Yaqoob said that the fresh structure of the party will be announced very soon and urged activists to strength the party at gross root level.