SRINAGAR: Claiming that the Pandit and Sikh residents also adhered to the boycott call during Kashmir’s first phase of election , Geelani said that due to the long pending Kashmir dispute Muslims as well as non-Muslims of the state were trapped in political instability.
He said that the solution of Kashmir dispute should be on the basses of right to self-determination in which every individual of entire Jammu and Kashmir including Ladakh, Jammu, Azad Kashmir and Gilgit Baltistan and of any religion cast or creed, will be given a chance to express his choice and whatever the result will be, we are bound to accept that.
Geelani said that the decision of Pandit and Sikh brothers to support the Muslim brothers in election boycott have proven that the Kashmir dispute is not any communal issue. This is the issue of future of 13 million people including the minorities of Hindu, Sikh, Buddhists and Christen brothers.
India has forcibly occupied this region with its military might and she is back-tracking its promises including the promises of plebiscites to be held in Jammu and Kashmir, which she has made in at national as well international forums.
Geelani further said that the minorities of Jammu and Kashmir are our brothers and they are like our body parts and we will never leave them alone at any situation and in anyway. While terming the expressions of the Pandith brothers residing in Islamabad (Anantnag), as a token of pleasure for him, the pro-freedom leader said that I would have visited them many times, if I were not continuously detained from 2010 at my home.
Geelani said that if any non-Muslim brother is facing any difficulty or issue in which we can help them, they are most welcome here any time without any restriction. We will get great pleasure in helping them because it is our religious, national and moral responsibility and duty to help them in every situation and at any stage. Geelani expressed his hope that our non-Muslim brothers will also boycott the next phase of election drama and will stand in support of their Muslim brothers by staying away from the polls.
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