Voting’s either for parliament, assembly means betrayal: Yasin Malik

Yasin Malik while addressing thousands at Bogam Kulgam 
SRINAGAR: Shaheed I Kashmir Asfhfaq Majeed Wani, Shaheed I Sadaqat Syed Shabir Ahmad Sidiqi and Shuhada I Dargah were today remembered on their martyrdom anniversaries today. In this connection toady early morning, a condolence meeting was held at Mazar I Shuhada Eid Gah and in the afternoon a public program was held at Bogam Kulgam. In the condolence meeting held at Mazar I Shuhada Eid Gah JKLF leaders, activists, friends and well-wishers of martyrs and people from many walks of life participated in large numbers; JKLF chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik led the prayer meeting. Besides this a large number of people from Bukhari trust also were present on the occasion.
After the prayer meeting JKLF chairman along with other leaders started his journey towards Kulgam where a public Jalsa was scheduled in connection with the martyrdom anniversaries of these great martyrs. At reaching Bichroo Kulgam JKLF Chairman and delegation was stopped by hundreds of people of the area especially youth and women folk who after coming to know about  the presence of Yasin Sahib in their area, had come out of their houses in large numbers to welcome him. A procession started from Bichroo in which youth, elders, children and women of the area participated with great enthusiasm. This procession walked along with Yasin Sahib through Tarigaam kulgam, Boosu and other villages to Bogam Kulgam where it turned into a public Jalsa.  The highlight of the Jalsa was the participation of hundreds of women who with enthusiasm welcomed Yasin Malik and caravan I Azadi with emotional slogans and traditional Kashmiri folk songs (WON WUN).  The Jalsa participated by thousands of men, women and elders was later addresses by JKLF chairman and others.
While speaking to the people on the occasion ,JKLF chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik said that today we are remembering the great sacrifices of our martyrs Shaheed Ishfaq Majeed Wani, Shaheed Syed Shabir Sidiqi and others who were massacred by Indian forces inside Dargah Hazrat Bal .Two days before we remembered another great son of Kashmir Shaheed advocate Jalil Ahmad Indrabi and on 1st April another great Kashmiri doctor Abdul Ahad Guru embraced martyrdom and we are remembering him by arranging many programs. Yasin Malik asked why these great people sacrificed their lives. For what they chose the path of horns and nourished our land with their sacred blood? Did they ask us for any favor? Did they sacrifice their lives for somebody’s assembly or parliamentary seat?
 Yasin Malik said that these great souls sacrifice their tomorrow for the betterment of our today. They sacrifice their lives for our freedom. They did not sacrifice their lives for any assembly, parliament or voting. So as a living nation it is our moral, social and sacred duty to safeguard their sacrifices and refrain from all those acts including participating in Indian elections, as these are detrimental to the sacred mission for which these great martyrs laid down their lives for.
While remembering his friend and greater Kashmiri martyr Shaheed I Kashmir Ishfaq Majeed Wani, Yasin Malik said Ishfaq sahib was a great leader who strived for the freedom of our nation and sacrificed his blood to nourish the plant of freedom struggle. He said that Ashfaq Majeed Wani was a born leader and the days and years of his life from 5th September 1966 to 30th march 1990 are a shining evidence of his greatness. He said that Ashfaq Majeed Wani was a humble slave of Allah almighty who whenever took a step took that in the way of truth and justice. He was a symbol of Courage, Fearlessness, religiousness, passion, and resistance against the False and injustice. Torture cells, jails and other ways and means of oppression could never deter him from his way and he stood firm in the way of freedom movement till the hour of his martyrdom, said Yasin Malik. He said that it was Ashfaq Majeed Wani’s gallant leadership in 1988 that gave courage to hundreds of young men to stand up for the cause of freedom and independence of mother land. Ashfaq Majid Wani led a people’s revolution in 1990 and changed the 5000 year old f history of Kashmir. It was his leadership that united a nation which was tagged as coward and inactive for the just cause of freedom and history bears a witness that thousands of young people followed Ashfaq Majeed Wani in this struggle. Ashfaq Majeed always gave Priority to others but when it came to sacrifices, Ashfaq Majeed led from the front and sacrificed his life for the cause of freedom. Bravery, courage and truthfulness were blended in his blood and cold weathers or hot seasons always failed to stop his march to the desired goals. He said that Ashfaq Majeed was a Practicing follower of Quran, a brave commander, a wise political leader, a refined diplomat, a fiery speaker, a respected student and a great athlete. Above all he was an inspiring personality who had courage to call a spade a spade and look into the eyes of tyrant and tyranny and fight against it with firmness .Yasin Malik said that truly he was a True picture of great Predecessors and true follower of father of nation Mohammad Maqbool Butt shaheed .
While paying tributes to martyr Shabir Ahmad Sidiqi and other martyrs of Dargah Hazrat Bal, Yasin Malik said that Shaheed Sidiqi sahib was a religious scholar and a man of wisdom who strived and sacrificed his life for the freedom of Kashmir. Sidiqi sahib will also be remembered for his philanthropy and work in the field of education. His sacrifices will always shine as will the sacrifices of doctor Abdul Ahad Guru, advocate Jalil Indrabi and Lakhs of our great martyrs who strived in the way of freedom and sacrificed their lives for the cause.
Yasin Malik said that a nation that has lost its doctors, engineers ,scholars, intellectuals, teachers, imams, priests, pilots, brave men and women, lawyers,  and people from every walk of life while perusing a just cause, a nation whose thousands were killed by forces in custody, whose thousands stand absconding in custody, the chastity of whose mothers and sisters was attacked and markets and localities ruined ,and where army, forces, police and agencies are given a free license to kill without any fear of being penalized of brought to justice of which a glaring example has been set today by the rulers through shelving the probe into civilian killings of 2010 ,cannot and should not do anything that will harm the sacred mission of the martyrs.
Yasin said that voting’s either for Indian parliament, or assemblies or Panchayats, municipalities and Niyabats etc means a betrayal to the martyrs and the sacred cause for which they laid down their lives and no honorable kashmiri can afford to do so. Yasin Malik appealed to the people to remember the sacrifices and refrain from any kind of participation in Indian elections. At the end of the program, enthusiastic youth took out a rally and raised slogans in favor of Azadi and martyrs.