21.1 C
Delhi
Saturday, October 25, 2025

Moderate Hurriyat leaders hold first meeting after Article 370 abrogation

Date:

Share post:

Donate-GC-Razorpay

Srinagar: For the first time after the abrogation of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status in August 2019, top leaders of a Kashmiri moderate separatist group met in Srinagar.

The meeting was held on Tuesday and attended by Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, senior leaders Prof. Abdul Gani Bhat, Bilal Lone, and Molvi Masroor Abbas Ansari.

“Alhumdulilah! After more than five years, I got a chance to be together with my dear colleagues Professor SB, Bilal SB, and Masroor SB.” Mirwaiz posted on X. “An emotional experience of different feelings, including missing colleagues in jail. But happy to see dear Prof. SB in good spirits and an alert mind at this age.”

Mirwaiz also posted a video of the meeting at his residence on.

The first meeting of the moderate separatist significance as the BJP-led central government has adopted a hard line approach against them over the last five years.

In the last five years, Mirwaiz, who is also the head priest of Kashmir, has been mostly under house arrest and has also moved to the High Court against his “repeated detention.”.

The meeting took place days after Omar Abdullah’s government took office in Jammu and Kashmir. However, Omar’s government is likely to have no role in allowing this meeting, as the law and order come directly under Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha.

Observers say that there is hardly a possibility that the BJP government may change its policy on separatists.

Related articles

Pakistan’s Next Target Could Be India’s Economy – and the US Won’t Mind

Strategic BackgroundIn my earlier analysis published in Goa Chronicle, I had argued that Operation Sindoor was more than...

From Italy with Love (and Wine): Vinitaly Finds a New Home in Mumbai and Goa

When I first heard that Vinitaly, the world’s most celebrated wine festival, is coming to Mumbai and Goa,...

Analysing Allegations of Indian Army’s Responsibility in Rajiv Gandhi Government’s Sri Lanka Policy Failure 1987-90

‘There are two skills in which the Indian Army can never hope to win against adept political camp...

Amit Shah: The Silent Executioner of India’s Viksit Bharat Mission

There are politicians who talk. There are politicians who promise. And then there is Amit Shah - the...