NEW YORK, Jun 23 (APP): Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai, a prominent Kashmiri leader, has called Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s recent statement about providing statehood to the disputed Jammu and Kashmir region post-elections a reflection of his \u201cMachiavellian trait\u201d, saying the core issue is not statehood or even restoration of abrogated laws, but the fulfillment of the U.N. resolution promising self-determination to Kashmiris.<\/p>\n
\u201cNothing less will be acceptable to people of Kashmir,\u201d Dr.Fai, Secretary General of the Washington-based World Kashmir Awareness Forum said in a statement issued on Sunday.<\/p>\n
He said that the Indian government should learn from past experiences and renounce the exercise of \u201choodwinking or befooling international community or the people of the region.\u201d<\/p>\n
India, he said, held these \u201cdubious\u201d exercises several time in the last 76 years, and every time their outcome was rejected by the people of the occupied land and their genuine leadership.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe genesis of the dispute lies in the Indian refusal to hold a plebiscite to meet the aspirations of the people of the region that international community has promised them by virtue of various resolutions of the United Nations Security Council,\u201d Fai said.<\/p>\n
Contrary to fulfilling that promise, the Indian government has been crushing the voices of freedom by \u201cbrute and barbaric actions\u201d. Several human right organizations have documented that since 1990 more than 100,000 Kashmiri civilians including youth and women have been murdered, 11,300 women gang-raped and thousands are missing, pointing out the presence of mass graves as well as children blinded due to pellet wounds.<\/p>\n
\u201cSimilar to the past, by conducting farce elections and putting the discredited politicians who toe the line of Indian establishment, in the saddle, will not yield any tangible results,\u201d the Kashmiri leader said. In this regard, he quoted renowned Indian writher and author, Arundhati Roy\u2019s statement that \u201cIndia will not be able to usurp the territory that never belonged to it.\u201d He noted that Ms. Roy was now being currently prosecuted by the Indian government for the \u201cexpression of her honest views that are based on unequivocal historical facts.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Indian establishment has failed to understand that Kashmiris outrightly reject the occupation and will not accept anything less than free and fair plebiscite held under the auspices of UN, he said.<\/p>\n
\u201cModi was living in fools\u2019 paradise when he thought by abrogating article 35A and 370 and snatching the statehood can legitimize his brutal hold on the region,\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cAccording to reputed journalists, during recent elections people of Kashmir have sent a strong message to Indian government and made it abundantly succinct that they have not abandoned the freedom movement,\u201d he pointed out.<\/p>\n
\u201cUndoubtedly with the growing frustration due to the non-acceptance of Indian presence by Kashmiris, Modi has issued the preposterous statement of providing sops like \u201dstatehood post-elections\u201d, saying such tactics won\u2019t work nymore.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
NEW YORK, Jun 23 (APP): Dr. Ghulam Nabi Fai, a prominent Kashmiri leader, has called Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s recent statement about providing statehood to the disputed Jammu and Kashmir region post-elections a reflection of his \u201cMachiavellian trait\u201d, saying the core issue is not […]<\/p>\n
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