JKLF Chairman Yasin Malik congratulates people for exemplary boycott

This is a good omen for resistance movement and at the same time an eye opener for those who dream of defeating the freedom movement by their oppressive measures: Yasin Malik

Srinagar: Exemplary boycott by the people of Srinagar, Budgam and Ganderba is another glaring example of peoples love for the freedom movement. Despite war like situation created by police and forces, spree of arrests, restrictions, mobile and bogus voting’s, coercion and corruption, people of Kashmir by boycotting Indian elections have yet again displayed their love for martyrs and freedom movement. This was stated by the chairman Jammu Kashmir liberation front (JKLF) Mohammad Yasin Malik who along with several other leaders and hundreds of JKLF workers and sympathizers is languishing in police custody from 17th April 2014, in a press statement issued today. Yasin sahib while congratulating the people of Srinagar, Budgam and Ganderbal for giving an overwhelming support to the boycott call given by JKLF and other resistance forces said that this is a good omen for the resistance movement and at the same time an eye opener for those who dream of defeating the freedom movement by their oppressive measures.

Yasin Malik said that despite thousands of young boys and hundreds of leaders and activists being jailed, intimidating  statements by authorities, mobile and bogus voting’s and other oppressive measures by rulers vast majority of Kashmiris rejected the Indian elections. He said that in order to decrease the shame of low voting, authorities had made arrangements of mobile voters and bogus voting’s and for the whole day vehicles carrying these bogus voters were seen and even chased at many places by the people .Even police claimed to have arrested some bogus voters at khayam and habakadal.

Yasin sahib while hailing the spontaneous peaceful protest across all the three districts by people said that today yet again people have demonstrated their love and passion for the freedom movement. Yasin sahib said that despite every tactics pro India parties, rulers and their forces failed to change the will of the people and this must serve as an eye opener to all those who oppose freedom and sacred cause and dream of defeating it.

Yasin Malik said that like south Kashmir today hundreds of polling booths witnessed zero polling and many more less than 2 percent. Even at many villages in Ganderbal and Budgam boycott was total. Giving examples of some places ,Yasin said that Barsoo,Tulmulla,Betawaina in Ganderbal witnessed almost zero percent polling while as at Khurhama till 3: pm only one vote was casted, at Wakoora it was 20,at Nagbal it was 15 out of 800, at another booth in Nagabal it was 45 out of 600, at warpora Budgam after coercion by army only 13 votes out of 475 were casted, at Gerand Khurd only 8 votes were casted out of 1650 ,at Hadipora Mehand out of 850 only 11 ,at Soyabugh Dahermuna out of 2900 only 11 and at Soyabugh out of 5800 only 40 votes were casted. He said that at Aareth Wadwan no vote, at Sanoor no vote, at Shehlipora 200 out of 2800 were reportedly casted. In majority of polling booths in Srinagar city no vote or few votes were casted for the whole day. Yasin said that instead of casting votes people at hundreds of places kept chasing mobile voters and protesting against the drama of Indian elections. Among these places Kangan, Ganderbal, Betweena,Tulmola, Baroosa, Saloora, Zainakot, HMT, Rainawari, Maisuma, Batamaloo, Tengpora, Soura,Buchpora,Basant bagh,Kralpora,Mahjoor Nagar and other are worth to mention.

Yasin Malik said that peoples respond to JKLF and other resistance forces boycott call and these spontaneous protests have proved that Indian rulers and their kashmiri stooges despite arresting whole leadership, activists and thousands of youth have not and will never succeed in weakening the desire and passion of resistance of people of Jammu Kashmir.

Yasin sahib hoped that people of Baramullah, Bandipora and Kupwara will also follow the people of central and south Kashmir and boycott the drama of Indian elections on 7th may 2014.

Meanwhile JKLF district president Kupwara Rafiq Ahmad war was today early morning arrested by police at Dewaspora while he was on his mission of boycott campaign. Also another senior activist from Zainakot Mohammad Ramzan Sofi was also arrested by the police. JKLF strongly condemns these arrests and oppressive measures.