National Conference slams Centre, accuses
it of grooming separatists
A day after the pro-independence
JKLF chairman Yasin Malik shared the
dais with the 26/11 mastermind and
banned Jamat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief
Hafiz Saeed
in Islamabad on Sunday to condemn
Afzal Guru's hanging , Union Home
Minister Sushilkumar Shinde said his
visit was under the scanner.
Shinde said the matter will be
investigated. To a specific question
whether Malik's passport should be
cancelled Shinde said, "We will look
into it." Intelligence sources believe
that Saeed's presence exposes the
nexus between the JKLF and Pakistani
terror groups.
But the ruling
National Conference
(NC) sharply reacted to Malik's
sharing of dais with the Mumbai terror
accused and charged New Delhi with
grooming separatists.
Dr Mustafa Kamal, additional
secretary of NC, who recently called
for plebiscite in Jammu and Kashmir,
on Monday described Malik sharing
the dais with Saeed as "unfortunate."
"Saeed has links with Mumbai
attacks. Now it is for New Delhi to
decide. Now New Delhi's conscience
should be stirred and people should
see what the country is doing," Kamal
said.
"Why do you treat separatists like
VIPs within the country and facilitating
their travel to different countries. You
allow them to go to Pakistan and
create problems for pro-India parties
principally the NC. Why this
duplicity?" he asked.
Banned Jamat-ud-Dawa (JuD) chief
Hafiz Saeed (1st circle from left) with
Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front
chairman Yasin Malik (2nd circle) on
his hunger strike against the
execution of Afzal Guru, in Islamabad
on Sunday.
He accused New Delhi of grooming
separatists for taking over in J&K. "I
remember former governor Jagmohan
in his book, My Frozen Turbulence,
has stated that he wanted to groom
separatist Shabir Shah to be the chief
minister of Jammu and Kashmir.
Is New Delhi grooming separatists to
take over charge of Jammu and
Kashmir," Kamal asked.
On February 5, Shabir Shah had
addressed several rallies in Pakistan,
including one at Multan organised by
JuD and other groups.
Pakistan government, opposition and
religious groups organised Kashmir
Day on February 5 as Solidarity Day
for the people of Kashmir.
Earlier a seven-member Hurriyat
delegation had visited Pakistan from
December 15-28, 2012, comprising
Hurriyat chairman, Mirwaiz Umar
Farooq, professor Gani Bhat, Bilal
Gani Lone, Moulana Abbas Ansari,
Aga Syed Al-Hasan, Musadiq Adil and
Mukhtar Ahmad Waza had all the top
Pakistani leaders.
Malik, who observed a 24-hour
hunger strike to mourn the execution
of the Parliament attack convict,
described Guru's execution as a blot
on Indian democracy and said his
execution would strengthen the
movement in Kashmir.
Addressing the gathering, Malik asked
the Pakistan government not to make
any "hasty decision" on Indian death
row prisoner Sarabjit Singh in the
wake of Afzal Guru's execution.
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