New Delhi/Srinagar: Days after two Kashmiri outfits broke ties with the separatist amalgam Hurriyat Conference and publicly denounced the separatist ideology, two of their counterparts followed suit, prompting Union home minister Amit Shah to reiterate that separatism was breathing its last in the Valley.
Kashmiri outfits Tahreeqi Isteqlal and Tahreek-i-Istiqamat stepped forward to diassociate themselves from the Hurriyat factions, concurring that the conglomerate had failed to match expectations of the common masses or represent their aspirations and sentiments.
Welcoming the move, Shah Thursday posted on X: “Another great news from Kashmir Valley. Two more groups affiliated with the Hurriyat, namely J&K Tahreeqi Isteqlal and J&K Tahreek-I-Istiqamat, have discarded separatism and reposed their trust in the new Bharat built by PM Modi. Under the Modi govt, separatism is breathing its last, and the triumph of unity is echoing across Kashmir (sic)”.
A couple of days back, Jammu and Kashmir People’s Movement and Democratic Political Movement — both once associated with the Hurriyat — had publicly denounced.
The public statements by the four Hurriyat-affiliated outfits rejecting separatism come in the middle of searches and raids by J&K Police.
