Srinagar: Separatist JKLF chairman Yasin Malik on Wednesday accused the state government of not giving any space to his organisation for “political” activities and gave a call for ‘jail bharo’ agitation from Friday to protest the “curbs”.
“The government is not giving us any space (for political activities). We wanted to reach the villages of the Valley… But we were detained. There is no political space here,” Malik told reporters here.
The JKLF leader said Chief Minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed wants to pass the six years of his term by keeping the separatists under house arrest and by not allowing any political space.
“He thinks he can pass his Chief Ministerial term by these tactics but we will not sit silent. It is our duty to protest against the curbs,” he said.
Malik said JKLF would launch a ‘jail bharo’ agitation for 10 days from Friday. “If even after 10 days, the government continues to use the same tactics, then we will think of something else and intensify the protests,” he said.
He lashed out at local media, saying it was “the PR (public relations) of the government”.