Rehmani denounces India’s Republic Day celebrations in IIOJK, calls it a Black Day
Islamabad: Senior leader of All Parties Hurriyat Conference-Azad Jammu and Kashmir (APHC-AJK) chapter, Muhammad Farooq Rehmani, has expressed vehement opposition to India’s Republic Day celebrations in Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir.
Farooq Rehmani in a statement issued in Islamabad, today, emphasized that the people of Jammu and Kashmir categorically reject India’s action of celebrating its Republic Day, citing its failure to comply with the UN Security Council resolutions on the Kashmir dispute.
Rehmani underscored that despite repeated assertions, the Kashmiri people are resolute in their pursuit of freedom, a right acknowledged by the United Nations under the principle of self-determination. He pointed out that the locals consistently boycott the Indian celebrations in occupied Kashmir, accusing India of coercing participation through military and police force to manipulate the world community about the ground situation of the territory.
The APHC-AJK leader condemned the Indian government for being a “racist regime,” citing daily killings of innocent civilians, the targeting of pro-freedom parties, the ban on Islamic educational institutions, and the confiscation of ancestral properties of Kashmiris. He also raised concerns about the dismissal of Muslim employees from their jobs and persecution of thousands of youth and students.
Rehmani concluded by characterizing India’s Republic Day as nothing more than a Black Day in Kashmir. He pointed to the heavy military presence, with over nine hundred thousand forces’ personnel stationed in the region for the past over seven decades, patrolling the disputed area round the clock.
Another Hurriyat leader Altaf Hussain Wani in a statement urged the Kashmiri people on both sides of the Line of Control to observe India’s Republic Day as Black Day as a mark of their protest against the Indian illegal occupation of their motherland.
Meanwhile, Vice Chairman of International Forum for Justice, Mushtaqul Islam, in a statement issued in Muzaffarabad said India is grossly violating the basic rights of the people of occupied Kashmir. He appealed to the UN and Organization of Islamic Cooperation to take cognizance of Indian brutalities in the occupied territory and play their role in the peaceful settlement of the Kashmir dispute.
