Shabir Ahmed Shah urges Kashmiris to observe India’s Republic Day as black day

SRINAGAR, Jan 24 (SABAH): Senior Hurriyat leader and Chairman Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party (DFP) Shabir Ahmed Shah has appealed to the Kashmiri masses to observe Indian Republic Day as Black Day.

In his message from Tihar jail, the incarcerated leader urged the Kashmiri masses to observe protest on 26 January to convey a message to the world that India’s unlawful and forcible occupation of their motherland was not acceptable to them.

“The country that is grossly involved in death and destruction in Kashmir and holding millions of Kashmiris hostage at the gunpoint has no right whatsoever to observe Republic Day”, Shabir Ahmed Shah said adding that the whole world knows that India is a usurper that has always trampled Kashmiris’ aspirations down under the jackboots besides keeping them under illegal military occupation for the last over 76 years.

Shabir Ahmed Shah who is currently under illegal detention in New Delhi’s notorious Tihar Jail reiterated the Kashmiris’ pledge to take the ongoing freedom struggle to its logical end. “Kashmiris who have offered matchless sacrifices during the past several decades would continue their struggle at all fronts unless they achieved their cherished goal of freedom from Indian occupation”, he added.