Police on Monday foiled the UN march of Awami Itihaad Party (AIP) president and MLA Langate, Engineer Abdul Rashid Sheikh and detained him along with his scores of party activists in Srinagar.MLA Langate along with his scores of party activists led the protest from Polo View in Srinagar and marched towards the UN office in Sonwar. However, police stopped them near the Municipal Park and detained Rashid and his party activists.The protesters were raising slogans and were holding placards displaying ‘Thanks Nawaz Sharif’Earlier talking to reporters, Rashid while thanking Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif for what he said raising Kashmir issue at the UN and demanding plebiscite, called on Indian Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj – who is scheduled to address the UNGA today – to “say yes to plebiscite call of Sharif”.
He said that “Now Sushma Swaraj, It Is Your Turn, Say Yes to Plebiscite.”“Today’s protest march towards UN Office was aimed at drawing focus of world community not to listen the lies of Sushma Swaraj during her expected speech at UN today and ask her to agree to right to self-determination of Kashmiris,” said Rashid.“If Nawaz Sharif could say yes to Plebiscite, it is mandatory on Sushma Sawaraj to respond positively and agree to right to self-determination for Kashmiris. If India claims to be the largest democracy in the world, what moral authority it has to crush the peaceful mass resistance in J&K,” he said. (KNS)