Conflict
Mirwaiz reiterates election boycott call, says Kashmir dispute has to be resolved politically
Chairman of the Hurriyat (M) Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday reiterated the Resistance leaders’ call to boycott the upcoming Panchayat and Municipal elections.
In a tweet, Mirwaiz said:
Coercion,repression,arrogance or military might has never succeeded in suppressing peoples just political movements across the globe and neither will ours. #Kashmir rejects all so called elections,this dispute has to be resolved politically in keeping with peoples will and… pic.twitter.com/vR47FVNH2Q
— Mirwaiz Umar Farooq (@MirwaizKashmir) September 14, 2018
and choice by granting them their inalienable right to self-determination #NoToElectionOnlySelfDetermination pic.twitter.com/Mkk4M02wqG
— Mirwaiz Umar Farooq (@MirwaizKashmir) September 14, 2018
Reports had come in that after National Conference and Peoples Democratic Party decided to boycott the elections, they might be deferred. However the Government of the state stated that the elections of the municipal bodies and panchayats in the state are scheduled to begin from October 1 and November 8, respectively.The Joint Resistance Leadership has already given a call for the boycott of elections.
