While declaring a parliamentary election ‘merely a military operation’ which is to going held on 7th May 2014, chairman Hurriyat Conference (G), Syed Ali Geelani has appealed for complete boycott on this day with utmost courage and determination.He appealed for protests after Magrib prayers in every village, town and district headquarters to convey a strong and clear message that we as a nation reject each and every person who betrays the cause and sacrifices of martyrs. Had the conscious of people contesting, been at least human if not pro-freedom, they would have kept themselves away from this military operation and upheld the sentiments of the majority of Kashmiris.“But they themselves know that they are only exploiting the poor and helpless masses just to fulfill their nefarious designs. Huriyat Chairman further said, for freedom loving people it hardly matters who wins this election and who occupies the chair and who reaches the assembly or parliament, which family or dynasty he or she belongs to—but for them main concern should be to identify and differentiate between the people who strengthen the bonds of their slavery and those who always stand for real sentiments of this nation.”
Geelani further said that those who beg for votes and claim to represent their voice in Delhi are misleading the innocent Kashmiris as they have never ever dared to stand for them. He said that government with the help of army and agencies have turned the whole valley especially now the north Kashmir in army garrison as they have been miserably defeated in South and Central Kashmir.
“Now army openly threatens the people to vote. The latest example of which is that army officer in URI has threatened the people that they should report in camp with ink sign on their finger after 7th May, otherwise they will have to face the consequences. Baramullah has been handed over to army after people have refused to setup the polling booths in their localities.”Every nook and corner of North Kashmir from URI to Kupwara, Handwara, Baramulla, Pattan and Bandipora presents a war like atmosphere where arrests, nocturnal raids and torture of pro-boycott people continue unabated. Meanwhile Tehreek-e-Hurriyat District Secretary Budgam Abdul Majeed Rather from Pattan, Dr. Mohammad Sultan from Sumbal, Ghulam Ahmad Dar instead of his son, Ab. Rashid Parray from Sumbal Haji Ghulam Mohammad Reshi, Arshad Ahmad Sofi from Kupwara have been arrested day before polling.”Dozens of the workers of Muslim League, Tehreek-e-Hurriyat and other organizations have been kept behind bars and mother of Showkat Ahmad Hakeem of Muslim League and Master Ali Mohammad of Hajan have been mercilessly beaten and humiliated. Further Houses of Rais Ahmad Mir Distict president of THJK Bandipora, Abdul Ahad Parra ML, Habibullah Gojri and Mohammad Rustum Bhat Amargarh have been raided. Geelani has strongly condemned these cowardly acts of police and administration and appealed to the people to remain in door, so that North Kashmir presents a deserted and curfew look on 7th May. He has also condemned slapping of PSA in Pulwama youth Waseem Ahmad Sofi son Bashir Ahmad Sofi.