Waza arrested and detained in Police station Sherbagh, Party Leaders intensified Election Boycott campaign

Srinagar, April 28

 Police today arrested and detained Jammu Kashmir people's league Chairman Mukhtar Ahmad Waza in Police Station Sherbagh when he was on way to Arwani while as party senior leaders intensified its Poll boycott campaign,  visited several areas of Srinagar, Ganderbal districts and requested public to stay away from the sham polls  

JKPL Spokesman condemned the police action and termed it worst kind of human rights violations. He said that waza shab was scheduled to visit the family of Martyr Abdul Haq Malik was martyred by Indian troops during an operation in Shopian district along two other pro-freedom youths.

Meanwhile on the directions of Party Chairman, Party leaders including Ghulam Qadir Rah, Imtiyaz Ahmad Reshi, Jaffer Kashmiri, Tahoor Ahmad and others visited several areas of Ganderbal district including Ganderbal Buchpora and Pandach. During the daylong visit they distributed anti-election literature and appealed general public o stay away from the sham polls being conducted in the state with the help of heavy military might.

They told people that India was misleading the world community with the help of these polls and it is because of these people our people are being hanged, killed and jailed.

“If you take part in those elections you will elect again those mainstream politicians who hanged Shaheed Afzal Guru, who are responsible for the bloodshed in the valley, who have jailed our hundreds of leaders and young people besides these oppression India at international level after these sham polls justifies its illegal occupations, so we have to stand united and reject these polls for sending a message to world community that Kashmiris want resolution of Kashmir issue.” They told the people.

They said that people in South Kashmir had proven their aspirations and sentiments before the world community by boycotting the polls so now it is the turn of Srinagar and North Kashmir.

They also condemned the arrest spree and said that hundreds of people including youth and pro-freedom leaders have been arrested ahead of the sham polls.