A monthly convention of Ummat e Islami was held today at the party headquarters to discuss the prevailing crisis in Jammu Kashmir. The members stressed upon the dire need to celebrate Eid with simplicity and remember the families of martyred and arrested on Eid ul Adha. The members of the amalgam also condemned the harassments on people. The members stressed upon the dire need of the hour to stop the provoking arrests. Various parties including members of Trade Association, Religious amalgams, social organizations, Mohallah Committees, Masjid Auqaf Committees, demanded the immediate release of Mirwaiz of South Kashmir, Qazi Ahmed Yasir. Meanwhile in a rally in Kulgam District Yesterday and a Qazigund rally, the Speakers in general and the speakers from Ummat e Islami demanded the immediate release of Mirwaiz Qazi Yasir and other detained Pro Resistance prisoners.
The spokesman of Ummat e Islami quoted Mirwaiz Qazi Yasir as saying that the people who focused their energies to get pellet guns banned have got the same rigid response from the Indian state which the demonstrators on the streets get. The spokesman said that Indian Government will replace one weapon with the other; we have to understand that, better the sooner. The party has always maintained that laws and weaponry are all offshoots of the occupation. If they ban one, the other will replace it. So rather than focusing on how to cut the branches of the tree, we must try to cut the tree from its roots.
The spokesman said that people should remain steadfast and be ready for a serious dialogue with the Indian and the Pakistani state. “Though dialogue and killings cannot go hand in hand, India has to prove that they want to sit on a serious dialogue” he said. He added that Indian state must apologize to Kashmiris for 70 years of occupation, rapes, theft, killings and stop invoking Pakistan into everything that happens in Kashmir as the movement is highly indigenous. He said that the dialogue process should be made to seek a solution, rather than to contain the ground situation. The threadbare discussions should continue between Kashmir, India, Pakistan.
The spokesman meanwhile asked people to show resistance on Eid by wearing black bands and visiting the families of martyrs in large groups and mainly the arrested people who are languishing in Jails for the common cause. He said we should make banners outside all places here prayers are offered showcasing the martyrs of that particular area. He said we must celebrate Eid with simplicity.
Meanwhile the party condemned the brute use of force against civilians and said throughout Kashmir especially in Southern Kashmir nocturnal raids are being conducted which has led to an atmosphere of chaos and fear throughout the Southern Kashmir. The Local parties who speak of ideological battles must stop using force against those who are critical of the Government and the way it has been functioning. The speakers of Ummat e Islami in the districts of Kulgam, Pulwama, Islamabad who have been addressing rallies there have been harassed a lot by police.
The members of Trade Association, Religious amalgams, social organizations, Mohallah Committees, Masjid Auqaf Committees meanwhile demanded the immediate release of Mirwaiz Qazi Yasir and all the detainees. (CNS)