United Jehad Council (UJC), an alliance of 15 militant groups, has rejected Indian prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s plea for participation in the assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir. It has also asked the state government employees to keep away from any poll duty. The decision to reject Vajpayee’s plea was taken at a meeting held at Muzaffarabad yesterday with Syed Salahuddin in the chair. Representatives of all the groups attended the meeting. "Our struggle is not for elections in which we don’t believe. We are fighting for freedom from Indian yoke and the struggle will continue till the goal is achieved", a spokesman said. He warned of intensified attacks against the security force targets.
Mister Chairman is head of Hizbul Mujahideen, the Jamaat-i-Islami gunny arm. Muzaffarabad, we might add, is the capital of Pak-occupied Kashmir. It's not in India, or even in Indian Kashmir. |