Lingering Kashmir issue pushing youth towards armed struggle: Separatists
Srinagar, Apr 25: Separatists today said that obstinacy of the Indian state to refuse to resolve the Kashmir dispute and the resulting repression is forcing young boys to take up arms and in the process they lose their lives in pursuit of liberating their land.
Paying tributes to the slain militants Abid Ahmed, Ishfaq Ahmed, Umar Javaid and Yasir Ahmed killed in Laam, Tral in Pulwama district, the separatists in a joint statement said “Government of India looks at a military solution for Kashmir, and use of extreme force is adopted to quell the peoples’ genuine political will and aspirations.”
They said no space is provided for expression of that will politically by the government. As a result our educated youth feel pushed to resort to an armed struggle,” the statement said.
The separatist leadership said that students also feel compelled to hit the streets to express their anger and anguish over this extreme repression and killings of Kashmiris that has become a part of our daily lives .
“The banning of all normal means of expression, such as students’ bodies and forums that is available to students world-over where they could express their views and protest, is denied to them forcing them to come out on the roads. The authorities then again resort to use of force against them causing grievous injuries to them. Even little children and girls are not spared. The forces charge at them even inside their schools which shows that even our Kashmir’s educational institutions aren’t safe from the forces,” the statement said.
Strongly condemning the arrest and detention of dozens of students in Baramulla, Sopore, Srinagar, Anantnag, Pulwama, they said “New Delhi and the ruling regime in Kashmir are hell-bent to use full military might to force resistance leadership and the people into submission. However that will never happen. New Delhi will be forced to realize the futility of this approach and will have to engage with Kashmir people’s will.”
