Srinagar, January 22(): The Chairman Jammu and Kashmir People’s Freedom League, Muhammad Farooq Rehmani, in his telephonic address on the occasion of 17th anniversary of militant commander, Muhammad Yousuf Zangi, urged India to desist from changing the demographic composition of Jammu and Kashmir, perpetuating “state terrorism” , and give the right of self-determination to the State people under the UN resolutions of plebiscite.
He called on the UN Secretary General to implement the UNCIP resolutions on the question of holding plebiscite in the former autonomous princely state of Jammu and Kashmir. The telephonic speech was delivered to an audience which gathered today in Bandipora on the occasion of commemorating martyrdom of Muhammad Yousuf Chopan AKA Zangi.
Senior Hurriyat leader Muhammad Farooq Rehmani paid rich tributes to Shaheed Muhammad Yousuf Zangi and all those martyrs who sacrificed their precious lives for the freedom of Jammu and Kashmir from India’s tyrannical rule. Shaeed Zangi, who played a central role after the martyrdom of Bashir Ahmad Sheikh AKA Gazi in late 1990s, was martyred by Indian army in his home town Bandipora on January 23, 2000.
Muhammad Farooq Rehmani while recalling the great fighters of 1990’s and 2000s said that the post-Burhan movement for freedom was continuance and persistence of the sacrifices of the previous decades; and the torch of freedom struggle will continue to burn till it reached the logical end of success. He paid tribute to all the martyrs who were martyred during the last 6 months in Kashmir, and hailed steadfastness and character to bear huge material losses by the people in the latest phase of our struggle for freedom and the right of self-determination.