AIP President and MLA Langate Er Rasheed while reacting to Indian claims having carrying out surgical strikes in Azad Kashmir has said that all being said and done is a desperate attempt to divert attention from the mass uprising in J&K.In a statement issued to KNS, Er Rasheed said, “Whether India and Pakistan indulge into a war makes very little difference to Kashmiris, as we have been the worst victims of state oppression in every nook and corner of state. There is a war every day in each locality of Kashmir and the only difference is that atrocities on Kashmiris go unheard and loss to lives and property in Kashmir gets buried under the cover of India’s nationalism. However, despite media gag and shameful propaganda India couldn’t stop people from discussing Kashmir from New York to Geneva and OIC to China. The information whatsoever reached world community has shaken the conscience of right thinking people and human rights organizations and India has been rendered without an answer. The only purpose to create war hysteria is to divert attention from huge embarrassments India is facing in Kashmir. Infact India has lost its control on J&K and its presence is visible only in form of lakhs of armed soldiers in every nook and corner of state. The threats and deadlines given by Rajnath Singh and others for restoration of normalcy had no takers and as a last option to ease out pressure over Kashmir form world community, India diverted attention towards borders.
However, Indian policy makers need to understand that confrontation and hostility will take them nowhere and sooner they agree to holding plebiscite in J&K better it would be in their own interests.” Er Rasheed condemned Congress for its dubious character and said that while from Sonia Gandhi to Ghulam Nabi Azad, everyone appreciated army for the alleged covert operation and assured Modi of full support but their state chief Ghulam Ahmad Mir said in Srinagar that war is no solution and we don’t support it. Similarly in Srinagar, Mehbooba Mufti appealed for restrain but her spokesman in Jammu not only praised army but also showered his blessings on Narendra Modi for the alleged strikes. The Indian politicians cutting across party lines and ideologies got exposed as each of them praised Narendra Modi in one tune. Those including Assad-din-Owaisi, Nitish Kumar, Seetaram Yechori, Mulayam Singh Yadav, Arvind Kejriwal and others didn’t waste even a second to say welcome to alleged strikes, thus proving that talking sense and saner on casual occasions doesn’t make these so called secular and tolerant soft spoken politicians, pro-peace and they are worst than Narendra Modi when it comes to Pakistan and Kashmir. Er Rasheed appealed all political forces of Kashmir to understand the gravity of issues and formulate a joint strategy to stop India from making J&K an experimental laboratory for its political battle fields. (KNS)