Joint Resistance Leadership: One-month cease operations call a 'cruel joke'

Dubbing Ramzan cease ops call a 'cruel joke', the Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) of separatists on Thursday said the declaration of one month's truce and "sticking to a loud denial to solve the Kashmir dispute is a mere hypocrisy".

"Operation Halt (ceasefire) is a cruel joke with the freedom loving people of Kashmir, who are engaged in a legitimate movement for right to self-determination. People of Kashmir believe in permanent peace rather than a relaxation in killing for one month. People want a permanent halt on the war thrust by India," the JRL said after holding a meeting to discuss the Ramzan cease ops call.

JRL is a conglomerate of Hurriyat hawk Syed Ali Shah Geelani, moderate Hurriyat leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik, who spearheaded the 2016 unrest in Kashmir.

JRL said the cease operations call is a ploy to hoodwink the public opinion on both national and international level.

"Indian authorities should shun arrogance and accept Kashmir as a dispute. Declaration of one month's truce and sticking to a loud denial to solve the Kashmir dispute is a mere hypocrisy. It is highly illogical and unfortunate to offer relaxations in killings for one month and then restart it with impunity", said the separatist trio.

JRL said instead of hearing the clear message of the people of Kashmir, India is hell bent to trample the genuine voice of the people by its military might.

"India is suffering from the arrogance of power and therefore is out rightly rejecting the UN resolutions, legitimate and peaceful formula of right to self-determination or even the science of dialogue as a means of conflict resolution", said the separatist trio.

JRL statement comes a day after Lashkar-e-Toiba rejected the Ramzan truce call saying observing it will be a "treachery with the martyrs" and they shall continue the armed struggle until and unless Jammu and Kashmir gets freedom.