Srinagar: A strike has gripped Srinagar and other parts of Indian illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir during Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s visit to the territory.
According to Kashmir Media Service, the strike call was given by the All Parties Hurriyat Conference. Yesterday evening, Modi arrived in Srinagar and today participated in a yoga event at the Kashmir International Convention Centre on the banks of Dal Lake.
Responding to the strike call, the Kashmiris today closed their shops to express their rejection to Modi’s visit and his anti-Kashmir agenda.
Srinagar wore a deserted look, while Indian forces’ personnel arrested at least 300 youths during last over one week in various crackdown operations to prevent any anti-India protest in the territory.
Meanwhile, strict restrictions remained in place in Srinagar and surrounding areas in the name of security on the occasion of Modi’s visit to the city. The city is resembling a military fortress with thousands of Indian forces’ personnel been deployed, and surveillance devices such as drones and CCTV cameras installed.
The Jammu and Kashmir Students and Youth Forum also pasted posters on the visit of Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Srinagar, Kupwara and Pampore and other parts of occupied Jammu and Kashmir asking the people to observe a strike.
