Kashmiris to observe Indian Republic Day on January 26 as Black Day

The people of Jammu & Kashmir living either side of the line of control including AJK, IIOJK and rest of the world would observe the Indian Republic Day, falling on January 26, as black day to invite the attention of international community towards the continued long unlawful and force and forcible Indian occupation of Jammu & Kashmir.

Kashmiris observe the Indian Republic day as black day every year to mark strong indignation and protest against the continua Indian illegal occupation of Jammu & Kashmir state since long besides to protest and apprise the world of the continued brutalities and custodial killing of the innocent Kashmiris and the unabated massive violations of human rights by the Indian occupying forces in the held state.

This year, too, the Jammu & Kashmir people were observing the Indian republic day as black day at the time when the hardliner PM Moli-led Indian government by violating all international norms and commitments on the global issue of Jammu Kashmir, scrapped special status of the internationally-acknowledged disputed status of the Jammu Kashmir revoking article 370 and article 35-A of her (India) constitution through August 5, 2019 sinister act at the gunpoint through fresh deployment of at least a million of its military and para military troops in Indian-occupied Jammu Kashmir.

Besides the observance of the day also aimed at to apprise the world community of the continued hostile attitude of India denying Kashmiris their legitimate right to self determination and deviating all international norms escaping from the peaceful solution of the much delayed Kashmir issue.

In Azad Jammu & Kashmir, protest rallies and demonstrations against continued illegal, illicit and unlawful Indian occupation of a major part of Jammu & Kashmir would be the hallmark of the black day in all ten districts of the liberated territory. These protest marches and rallies would be the hallmark of the scheduled black day.

Major rally to observe the Indian Republic Day will be held in Muzaffarabad on this occasion. AJK leaders of various political parties including those in the AJK Parliament would lead the rally to be held to mark the day.

The day would also mark complete solidarity with the freedom-loving people of Indian occupied Jammu Kashmir in their just and principled struggle for freedom and for the achievement of their legitimate right to self determination.

The protest rallies would be arranged by various social, political and public representative organizations representing people of all spheres of life including lawyers, journalists, members of the business community, laborers, students, women and social and political workers to express fullest traditional hatred against the Indian imperialism besides protesting against the continued denial of all global norms and commitments on Kashmir and the persistent deviation and denial of the Kashmiris birth right to self determination since over last 74 years by India.

In Mirpur, major protest rally, to be followed by a big procession of people belonging all segments of the civil society, to observe the Indian Republic Day as black day would be held at Shaheed chowk, organizers told APP here on Sunday.

“The city elite representing all segments of the civil society would highlight the importance of early peaceful settlement of the Kashmir problem besides expressing severe hatred against India for her continued forcible and illegal Indian occupation of Kashmir for the past over 74 years.