Mirwaiz bio change controversy: Sajad Lone alleges surrender for protocol

SRINAGAR: A time aft Mirwaiz Umar Farooq justified the removal of the “Chairman, All Parties Hurriyat Conference” designation from his X relationship arsenic a “Hobson’s choice,” People’s Conference president and MLA Sajad Lone connected Saturday urged radical to question the Kashmir main cleric’s “surrender successful lieu of protocol and CRPF security.

”“I visited my constituency, wherever villagers told maine that a young antheral was arrested for sharing a Facebook station and released aft 2 years, portion different was picked up 15 days agone simply for liking a post,” Lone said, adding that successful contrast, Mirwaiz modified his X bio to person “five-star treatment”.Accusing the Kashmiri separatist of treble standards, Lone recalled however Hurriyat brass vilified him arsenic an “agency man” aft helium entered mainstream authorities decades ago.“There was aggravated militancy astatine the time, and however I americium live contiguous is known lone to God,” Lone said. While asserting that helium does not question nationalist vindication, helium added, “He (Mirwaiz) should apologise for what was done to maine successful the past. That is the slightest helium tin do.”After removing the Hurriyat president designation from X connected Thursday, Mirwaiz said connected Friday, “I was being pressured by the authorities to marque changes to my X grip arsenic Hurriyat chairman, arsenic each constituents of the Hurriyat Conference, including the Awami Action Committee that I head, person been banned nether the UAPA.”

“At a clip erstwhile nationalist abstraction and avenues of connection basal severely restricted, this level remains among the precise fewer means disposable to maine to scope retired to my people... Under specified circumstances, it is simply a Hobson’s prime I was near to make,” Mirwaiz said.PDP and National Conference person backed Mirwaiz, calling the removal of bio arsenic a idiosyncratic prime and condemning the authorities for harassing Mirwaiz.Commenting connected the Dec 23 HC judgement dismissing erstwhile CM Mehbooba Mufti’s plea seeking the transportation of Kashmiri governmental prisoners from jails extracurricular J&K to prisons wrong the UT, Lone said, “I americium convinced Madam (Mehbooba Mufti) is doing drama.”The People’s Conference main besides criticised the increasing incidents of harassment of Kashmiris successful antithetic parts of the country. “It is eroding the precise foundations of nationalist integration and indispensable beryllium treated arsenic a substance of nationalist security... If thing changes, we volition collectively spell to Delhi and protest,” Lone said.