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| Despite 'warning', police allow separatist to meet on anti-India agenda | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, July 29: Even as the situation in Kashmir continues to be uneasy and the government is struggling to restore peace in the restive region, the Jammu and Kashmir Police on Sunday allowed the separatists of the so called Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) to hold a meeting that is feared to worsen the situation.
Apart from allowing Hurriyat (M) Chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front Chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik reach residence of firebrand separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani at Hyderpora, a large contingency of police were seen providing security to the house on the Airport Road, where the meeting was held Sunday morning. Sources said the meeting pertained to the "anti-India agenda of the JRL."
Sources said the marathon meeting lasted for around four hours where Geelani, Mirwaiz and Malik discussed the situation in Kashmir and also the developments unfolding in neighboring Pakistan. It had been an open secret in public circles in Kashmir that the separatists would look ahead to hold a meeting to discuss how to instigate people of Kashmir on the issue of Article 35 A, a hearing on which is scheduled at the Supreme Court in the first week of August.
But despite knowing the possible fallouts of allowing the separatist to meet at his critical juncture, the police allowed the meeting to go ahead.
Sources said the JRL has got fresh instructions from their handlers in Pakistan that the situation in Kashmir should not calm down and that the separatists should give more and more hartal calls in the coming days.
It's pertinent to mention that police allowed the meeting merely two days after a "warning" by Mirwaiz. On July 27, Mirwaiz during his Friday sermon at the historic Jamia Masjid Srinagar had "warned of a massive agitation if New Delhi tampered with the J&K's state subject law guaranteed by Article 35 A."
He had claimed that the real agenda behind the petitions filed against the constitutional provision was no secret and it was actually "a bid to merge Kashmir with union of India".
Mirwaiz had said the people of Kashmir are "cautiously and carefully" watching the events around 35 A as it comes up for hearing on August 6 in the Supreme Court.
A civil society group has already called for a shutdown on August 6 as a mark of protest against what it said "legal and constitutional onslaughts" on the Article.
Security analyst said it was unfortunate on the part of police to allow the separatists hold meeting. "Time was just not ripe to let them meet, the development will have far reaching consequences," said a former police official on the condition of anonymity.
Despite repeated attempt the concerned couldn't be contacted for comments. |
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