Srinagar: The separatists in the Kashmir valley today said its top leaders were not allowed to meet.A statement issued by a faction of separatists said Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, who heads of faction of Hurriyat Conference, and Yasin Malik, the chairman of JKLF, were scheduled to meet Syed Ali Geelani, who heads the faction, today at the latter’s residence here.The Geelani faction said Mirwaiz was allowed to “step out” of his residence but Malik was stopped at the entrance of Geelani’s residence and asked to return.The three separatist leaders are steering the ongoing unrest by issuing detailed week-long calendars, scheduling the shutdowns, work hours, protests and marches. It is for the fourth time during the five-month long unrest that the three separatists have attempted to meet.Their first scheduled meeting in which they had planned to decide the future course of the unrest was foiled by the police, but they were allowed to meet twice earlier this month, including a meeting with hundreds of representatives of trade, education, civil societies, political and religious groups.The separatist amalgam lashed out at the state government for foiling today’s meeting and termed the action as “cowardice and unlawful”. “These malicious acts are highly condemned and deplorable,” the separatist faction said.
