Srinagar, Mar 11: Hurriyat Conference (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani has strongly condemned the summoning of his younger son Dr Syed Naseem Geelani by NIA and said that Indian rulers and its agencies have stooped to the lowest level of moral and ethical bankruptcy, which no sane person can even think of.
We have explained our point of view in closed doors as well as openly, Geelani said in a statement issued to GNS.
He further said that hatred and witch-hunt against Kashmiris is at its peak outside valley and most of Kashmiris have been threatened, tortured and dragged out of their residences, educational institutions and hostels, forcing many of them to return home leaving their studies and business.
In such a charged atmosphere, common Kashmiri feels unsafe and relatives of pro-freedom people will surely be targeted and in such a disturbing atmosphere we can’t afford to risk the life of anybody travelling out of valley, he said.
Hurriyat (G) chairman said that if questioning anybody including my son is must, they can do so in the valley.
The pro-freedom leader said Delhi rulers and its agencies harass and intimidate his family just to pressurize him. “But these cowardly acts will yield nothing for them,” he said.
He said in 2017 also, when “ghost of NIA” threatened every freedom loving person, particularly their families including common and businessmen, we voluntarily offered ourselves to be questioned by the investigating agency, but “very cunningly” the authorities didn’t dare to face us.
“If Delhi rulers treat us as law breakers and want to clarify their doubts, I once again offer myself for such questioning and my past more than 50 years political career stands testimony to the fact that all the agencies, overt or covert, are well aware of my political stand,” he said.
Geelani said: “I have been facing atrocities, curbs, jails, interrogation for the last 7 decades and how can they even think of any compromise by me using such mean and childish actions of threatening and humiliating my children.”
“I have consciously and wilfully adopted this torturous and thorny path of pursuing the movement for the basic and fundamental rights of my nation, and no power on earth can deter me from this holy mission,” he said.
Hurriyat (G) chairman said that “such maneuvering, much hyped-drama and sensational media narratives may have electoral dividends for the ruling class, but can never lease their stay for too long”.
Meanwhile, paying glowing tributes to slain youth of Tral encounter, Syed Ali Geelani said this conflict continues to suck the blood of humans.
“Only the arrogance and deceitful attitude of the oppressor is responsible for this unending bloodshed and we as a nation can never compromise with this sacred mission of our martyrs,” he said.
