Kashmiris observe India’s Republic Day as ‘Black Day’

SRINAGAR, Jan 26 (SABAH): In Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir, Kashmiris observe India’s Republic Day as Black Day, saying India has no right to celebrate its Republic Day in the territory

APHC leaders Syed Bashir Andrabi and Khawaja Firdous in their joint statement issued in Srinagar said actually India is not a democratic country and has occupied Jammu and Kashmir on the basis of force. They were of the view that the people of Kashmir are observing India’s Republic Day as Black Day and deplored that whenever a special day of India approaches, the Indian troops accelerate their state terrorism in IIOJK.

The Hurriyat leaders said the Kashmiri people have continued their struggle for right to self-determination but due to India’s rigid stance the Kashmir dispute is still unresolved and pending with the United Nations. They said Jammu and Kashmir is a disputed territory, so India has no right to celebrate its Republic Day in IIOJK. They added that despite the atrocities of the Indian troops, the Kashmiri people would not give up their struggle and would continue it till complete success.

Illegally detained Hurriyat leader, Abdul Samad Inqilabi in a statement in Srinagar said Kashmiri people all over the world are protesting against the atrocities on the Kashmiris by Modi-led fascist Indian government and demanded that the Kashmiris should be given their birthright to self-determination according to the United Nations resolutions.

APHC leaders Khadim Hussain and Syed Sibte Shabbir Qumi in a joint statement in Srinagar said India is not a democratic country and has occupied Jammu and Kashmir against the will of the Kashmiris.

The Democratic Hurriyat Front in a statement issued in Srinagar said the current situation of IIOJK is a big challenge for the international community and appealed to the world powers to help settle the lingering Kashmir dispute according to the UN resolutions and aspirations of the Kashmiri people.

Former convener of All Parties Hurriyat Conference Azad Jammu and Kashmir (APHC-AJK) chapter, Muhammad Farooq Rehmani has said that the so-called Republic Day of India is rightly characterised as the dark period of India. He, in a statement issued in Islamabad said first India committed aggression, sent invading military forces to Jammu and Kashmir in 1947 and then violated the United Nations Security Council resolutions on Kashmir.