Srinagar: Appealing for a complete shutdown on 26 January Monday, Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani Thursday strongly condemned the circular by the administration in which the participation of the government employees in the 26 January official function has been termed as compulsory.
In a statement from New Delhi he said, India is claiming to be a big democratic country in the world and celebrates 26 January as its republic day but its democratic claims are being badly exposed in Jammu & Kashmir and this country is denying the democratic right of the people of Jammu & Kashmir from last 68 years. Kashmiris are nether the enemies of India or its people and nor are they opposed to their republic day celebrations within the limitations of Indian Territory but as far as the Kashmir is concerned, it is although an occupied territory held by India with the help of its military might so, they have no constitutional and moral justifications to celebrate these functions on the surface of Jammu & Kashmir because we see no sign of its democracy here visible on the ground.
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