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ISLAMABAD, Jan 29 (APP):The All Parties Hurriyet Conference (APHC) has said that the Indian BJP-led government is once again attempting to divide occupied Jammu and Kashmir on sectarian lines under its Hindutva-RSS agenda.
APHC spokesman Advocate Abdul Rashid Minhas, in a statement issued in Srinagar, said that several private, communal, illogical and unnecessary questions reflecting anti-Kashmiri and sectarian agendas have been introduced in the new census format by the BJP and other like-minded leaders and parties. He said these questions have the potential to fragment Kashmiri society along sectarian lines.
The APHC said that after illegally dividing occupied Jammu and Kashmir at gunpoint in August 2019, the BJP-led Indian government is now seeking further division through the census exercise. Sources said the census includes questions such as: “Which sect of religion does a family belong to? Who are the relatives inside and outside Kashmir. What properties, particularly those of in-laws, does a family own? Does the family have any links or relations with any militant (mujahid) or Hurriyet camp.”
The APHC said the exercise amounts to intelligence gathering under the guise of a census. It added that the inclusion of such intrusive and suspicious questions, coupled with recent statements by the BJP and other like-minded parties, has reinforced fears of a deliberate attempt to foment sectarian discord in Jammu and Kashmir, where Muslims have historically lived in harmony as brothers and sisters.
The All Parties Hurriyet Conference said that the BJP-appointed Lieutenant Governor regime imposed by New Delhi is brazenly violating international laws in IIOJK, especially after the illegal abrogation of the territory’s special status in August 2019.Warning the international community, the APHC said India’s Hindutva agenda poses a grave threat to peace and stability in South Asia and beyond, as New Delhi has broken all records of repression and brutality in the occupied territory. The APHC urged US President Donald Trump to urgently intervene to avert a looming catastrophe.
The APHC spokesman also said that the Indian government has illegally detained thousands of Kashmiris, including Hurriyet leaders and activists, who continue to languish in various jails across India and the occupied territory.