Veteran Kashmiri Hurriyet leader, Syed Ali Geelani has said that Kashmir is neither law and order problem nor a communal issue but an internationally accepted dispute which has historical background. Ali Geelani, while talking to the 10-member civil society group of India that called on him at his Hyderpora residence, appreciated the delegation for raising voice over human rights abuses, but stressed the members to look at the root cause, Kashmir Media Service reported.
He told the delegation that it was responsibility of the civil society of India to create awareness in their public and government about the aspirations and sentiments of the Kashmiri people. "The resolution of Kashmir dispute would also put an end to other issues including human rights violations," he added. Veteran leader told the members of the delegation that the people of Kashmir would never give up the cause as history stood testimony to the fact that sentiment for freedom was getting strong with each passing day.
Meanwhile, the veteran Kashmiri Hurriyet in a statement issued in occupied Srinagar, while terming the authorities' order on the issuance of Dogra Certificates to the people of Jammu as a deep rooted conspiracy to divide the territory on ethnic lines, demanded its immediate revocation. He said that the Indian government not only wanted to change the population ratio of the occupied territory but also wanted to accord supremacy to the particular section over the Muslim majority.