Hurriyat (G) Chairman Syed Ali Geelani called for post-Friday protests on October 23 against the death of Kashmiri trucker.The octogenarian leader appealed people to hold peaceful protest demonstrations after the Friday prayers in every region of the state against the death of Zahid Rasool Bhat of Batengoo, and his another associate Showkat Ahmad who is battling for life in Safderjung Hospital in New Delhi who were burnt alive by the communal forces at Udhampur on intervening night of October 09/10, the party spokesperson in a statement issued to GNS said.While blaming the BJP-PDP coalition government for the Udhampur like incidents, Geelani alleged that BJP is an open book of communal hatred and Mufti Sayeed by merging with this party gave them a chance to rule Jammu & Kashmir and “they openly showed their communal and fascist face to the people of the state.”
Geelani also appealed the Muslims and peace loving people of Pir Panjal and Chenab valley to hold peaceful protest demonstration on Friday and “send a strong message to the communal forces that their evil designs are never going to succeed and we are united against such terrorism”.Meanwhile Hurriyat Conference, the spokesman said, is organizing a condolence meeting on 22 October Thursday at Batengoo and appealed “people of the areas to participate in the event.”The spokesman said that the death of Zahid and life threatening burn injuries to the Showkat Ahmad is a big tragedy for the Muslims of Kashmir and these kinds of “terrorist” activities of the government sponsored “terrorists” should be condemned at each level and every conscience person should protest this grave incident.The spokesperson strongly condemning the murderous assault by the police on senior Hurriyat leader and JKLF chief Mohammad Yaseen Malik and continuous house arrest of the pro-freedom leaders including Shabir Ahmad Shah, Nayeem Ahmad Khan, Altaf Ahmad Shah and Hurriyat spokesman Ayaz Akbar and police raids over the residences of many Hurriyat leaders and activists including Tehreek-e-Hurriyat district president Srinagar and Gandarbal Raja Mehraj-ud-din. (GNS)