India’s action on August 5, 2019 aimed at maintaining its illegal hold over IIOJK: Speakers
Muzaffarabad: A special seminar was organized in Muzaffarabad by Kashmir Policy Research Institute on the occasion of Youm-e-Istehsal-e-Kashmir, today,
According to Kashmir Media Service, a large number of male and female students from various universities participated in the seminar and presented research papers.
Director Dr Raja Mohammad Sajjad Khan was the chief guest of the seminar while Assistant Director of Kashmir Policy Research Institute Khawaja Haroon Al Rasheed, Assistant Director Syed Usman Ali Bukhari, Assistant Media Wing Babar Bashir Awan and others also addressed the seminar.
The speakers said that India’s action on August 5, 2019 was not only a violation of the United Nations and international laws, but also a clear violation of the Indian Constitution itself. India took this step in a deliberate and well-planned manner so that it could maintain its illegal occupation of Kashmir, they added.
On this day in 2019, India abrogated Article 35-A and 370, under which Jammu and Kashmir had a special status.
The speakers said that with this move by India, the protection of Kashmiris’ properties and government jobs had been removed and the Muslim majority identity of Jammu and Kashmir. Efforts are being made to convert them into a minority, they lamented.
They said so far 61 lakh non-Kashmiri Hindus have been issued domiciles of occupied Kashmir by India. Occupied Kashmir had a special status under Article 370, which has been abolished and Jammu and Kashmir has been divided into two union territories, they added.
The speakers said names of historical places are being changed and non-state Hindus are being given preference in government jobs at the local level and retired Indian soldiers and Hindutva RSS workers are being settled in the occupied territory.
They said the worst Hindutva agenda has been imposed in Modi’s India. Terrorist Hindu organizations have the patronage of the government and today no minority is safe in India, they deplored.
The speakers said India is systematically weakening the economy of Kashmiris, adding government employees are being terminated and lands of the Kashmir are being distributed among non-state Hindus and traders.
The speakers said that in the current situation when India has turned Kashmir into an open prison, it is our responsibility to be the voice of the people of occupied Kashmir and expose the true face of India to the world.
