Protests against UJC chief

Protests against UJC chief in some parts of valley

Srinagar July 24: United Jihad Council (UJC) chief Syed Salah-u-din’s recent statement that frequent strikes in Kashmir would not help achieve the cause evoked protests in some parts of Kashmir valley today.

For the first time in the history of ongoing movement in the valley, people protested in Pattan, Pulwama and reportedly in few parts of Sopore against the statement and burnt his effigies.

UJC chief who hails from Soibugh Budgam is considered to a patron of ongoing movement and his statements have been hailed by one and all these years. Reports said this morning when people read UJC chief’s statement in newspapers, people took to streets and burnt his effigies in protest against his statement. They raised pro- freedom slogans in parts of Pulwama and Sopore and termed his statement as biased and anti-movement. They even shouted slogans against UJC.

“Syed Salah-u-din’s statement has hurted our sentiments as strikes are the only way to divert the attention of world community towards the long pending Kashmir issue and sufferings of people”, said protesters.

Others viewed, “This is a dubious statement on his part. We respect our leaders but we have right to reject them, irrespective of who they are, if they diver from the actual path and speak bias,.”, they added.

Ironically police contingent, which reached the spot where protests were going on did not di