Defying threats, workers snubbed separatists when they turned up in thousands to join Pro-India party convention outside PDP headquarters near General Post Office in Polo view Srinagar on Sunday
Thousands of people participated in Mehbooba Mufti-led People's Democratic Party (PDP's) Central Kashmir workers convention in the heart of Srinagar on Sunday marking the beginning of political activities of any pro-India party after four months of unrest.
The convention was organised almost a month after Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL), a conglomerate of three separatist leaders overseeing the unrest, called upon people to protest outside the homes of local MLAs for three days from October 21.
Defying threats, workers snubbed separatists when they turned up in thousands to join Pro-India party convention outside PDP headquarters near General Post Office in Polo view Srinagar on Sunday. What added another dimension to whole event was that the JRL had called for hartal during the day though it had asked people to resume routine after 4pm.
The show was an attempt to make a symbolic statement in the wake of separatists threats and name calling of the pro-India leaders in Kashmir. Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mehbooba Mufti skipped the convention and it was other senior leaders who pulled off the show.
Burhan Wani, unrest and hartal dominated the proceedings during the convention with PDP leaders lashing out at separatists for what they call economic subjugation and degradation of ethics.
"The party will not be cowed down by any nefarious designs aimed at our economic subjugation, degradation of ethics and values. Resistance against the system is attempts to annihilate the institutions of governance. Socio-economic uplift and empowerment of the people forms the very basis for any forward movement towards any political resolution," said Muzaffar Hussain Baig, senior PDP leader and Lok Sabha MP from Baramulla constituency.
Lamenting over the huge losses suffered by the younger generation and teenagers as a result of protests, Baig implored all the stake holders for an honest appraisal to fix the responsibility for the present uncertainty.
"Losses to economic sector, trade and tourism are virtually irretrievable and someone will have to account for it. Misery and agony has been forced upon people due to the political short-sightedness of the detractors of this society," he said.
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