SRINAGAR: Complete shutdown, in occupied Kashmir, will be observed on Sunday against the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi’s proposed visit to the territory.
According to Kashmir Medi Service, call for the shutdown has been given by the joint resistance leadership comprising Syed Ali Gilani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik.
The resistance leaders in a joint statement issued in Srinagar said that Indian Prime Minister was visiting at a time, when situation was extremely gloomy and massacres, detentions and blinding of people continued and there seemed no let up.
Thousands are languishing in jails and the authorities are denying any space for peaceful political activities, they said.
The leaders maintained that the Kashmir issue was neither about governance, economic packages or incentives, nor was it a law and order problem, but an issue pertaining to the right to self-determination of millions of Kashmiris.
It is to mention here that Narendra Modi is scheduled to visit the occupied territory to inaugurate Chenani-Nashri tunnel in Jammu region.
Meanwhile, a multi-tier security set-up has been put in place in occupied Kashmir ahead of Narendra Modi’s visit.
The security setup includes elaborate deployment of Indian troops, setting up of checkpoints and vigilance on vital installations like airports, railway stations and highways by various Indian secret agencies.—Agencies
