India has no moral justification to celebrate Republic Day: DFP 

SRINAGAR, Jan 26 (SABAH): Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party has said that a country that has deprived Kashmiris of their fundamental rights has no moral justification to celebrate its Republic Day.

According to a statement issued in Srinagar, DFP Spokesman Advocate Arshad Iqbal, while referring to India’s imperialistic presence in the region and relentless repression of Kashmiris political and human rights, said that “The country that is grossly involved in death and destruction in Kashmir and has held Kashmiris hostage for decades has no right whatsoever to observe Republic Day”.

He said adding that the whole world knows that India is a usurper that has always trampled Kashmiris’ aspirations and their democratic rights down under the jackboots besides keeping them under illegal military occupation for the last over 77 years.

The spokesman while condemning the duality of the Indian rulers said that on the one hand Indian leadership makes lofty claims of being a largest democracy while on the other hand they have deprived Kashmiris of their basic rights.

The spokesman also deplored the search operations and frisking of commuters by Indian army in Srinagar and other parts of the valley.

Terming Kashmiris’ struggle for right to self determination as a legitimate struggle he said, “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.