Senior separatist leader and Democratic Freedom Party (DFP) chairman Shabir Ahmad Shah on Wednesday castigated the ruling Peoples Democratic Party and Opposition National Conference for killing and blinding civilians.Shah also said that his party would start an awareness campaign across India to garner support for “our just stand and political thought”.“What was the crime of a lecturer Shabir Ahmad Monga who was ruthlessly beaten to death by the occupational forces? Can the so-called chief minister tell us what VISION is in her store for the lecturer’s widow?” he asked, during a press conference in Srinagar.“The year 2016 was extremely horrible as the PDP created a record of snatching eyesight of people following the footsteps of its predecessor National Conference which killed blooming buds.”He said that his party would get in touch with intellectuals across India to get support for the Kashmir movement.“We have decided to launch an awareness campaign, regarding our just stand and political thought, across India. We will get in contact with intellectuals in India and try to garner their support as we hope there are thousands of justice-loving people in that country who will raise their voices in our favour,” said Shah.“We will bring to them the point that India is facing several human challenges including poverty, unemployment, and malnutrition still it spends major portion of its budget on defence purposes thereby hindering its development. Sooner or later, India will have to shun its ego and resolve the dispute that has long been its biggest impediment in way of achieving the overall progress.” (CNS)