Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani Thursday termed Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s statement that situation in Jammu and Kashmir is under control as a ‘white lie’, saying 'graveyard silence' enforced by government forces doesn’t mean Kashmiris have reconciled themselves to Indian rule.
“ Indian forces might have succeeded in enforcing the silence of a graveyard after killing 150 people and arresting, maiming thousands last year, but that doesn’t mean that everything is alright and the Kashmiri people have come to terms with the Indian occupation,” Geelani said, according to a statement issued by the amalgam.
Geelani also rebuffed Singh’s contention that an Egypt-style uprising was impossible in Kashmir because “India is a functioning democracy.”
“The statement is surprising because such uprisings have taken place for the last three consecutive years, as millions of Kashmiris came onto the streets and showed that they were not in favour of India. It’s another matter that India through its ten-lakh- strong military managed to temporarily muzzle the voice of Kashmiris,” Geelani said.
However, Geelani said India shouldn’t “be happy about the temporary lull in Kashmir because it’s only military force and oppression which has silenced Kashmiris temporarily.”
“The day India allows real democracy in Kashmir the whole world would see how Kashmiris would bring a revolution which would eclipse the Egyptian and other revolutions.”
Meanwhile, according to the statement, a delegation of the amalgam, comprising Zamrooda Habeeb, Altaf Shah, Ghulam Mohammad Khan Sopori and Imtiyaz Ahmad, visited Maloora area, where three siblings were killed recently in a shell explosion.
The delegation while expressing condolences with the bereaved family reiterated its demand to UNICEF and Human Rights Watch to take notice of the incident and bring to book the culprits.
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