Protest strike on August 5 against Indian attempt to damage J&K’s disputed status: DFP
The Jammu and Kashmir Democratic Freedom Party (JKDFP) has appealed to the people to observe a general strike on August 5 to protest against an attempt made by India two years ago to damage the disputed status of Jammu and Kashmir. The party thanked the international community and the justice loving institutions for not accepting the aforesaid conspiracy of New Delhi by calling it an imperialist move.
Two years ago, on August 5, 2019, New Delhi took an oppressive measure to forcefully integrate Jammu and Kashmir into India, by dividing the region and ending its statehood. Since Jammu and Kashmir is a disputed territory on the UN Charter and its people have yet to determine their political future, India does not have the right to integrate the region into its territory. Since the people here consider the application of the entire Constitution of India in Jammu and Kashmir as illegal and immoral in accordance with international law, it seems strange to protest against an article of the said Constitution. But fact of the matter is that the said article was a clause under which India was managing the disputed region and New Delhi unilaterally cancelled this clause in violation of international principles and laws.
India has not stopped there, but since then it has continued to impose imperialistic laws aimed at oppressing the local population and changing the demography of the disputed region. It has booked thousands of leaders, workers and ordinary youth in fabricated cases and even placed guards on the breath of ordinary citizens. The result is that anyone who tries to speak out against India’s colonial tactics is subjected to strict and black laws, and the lives of his loved ones are being jeopardized.
In such a situation, the people have no choice but to protest peacefully to make it clear to the world that India’s position in Jammu and Kashmir is of a forcible occupier and it is holding the region by means of a brutal state terrorism. Despite every sort of Indian brutality and oppression it has been proven time and time again that the freedom-loving people of Jammu and Kashmir have not given up their demand for right to self-determination and they will stand by this demand until they are given a chance to decide their political future.
