The incarcerated chairman of Democratic Freedom Party (DFP) Shabir Ahmad Shah on Wednesday rejected PM Modi's remark in which he called Kashmir as “mini India”.
He said such remarks were "ridiculous" as “Kashmir was never a part of India and its history is completely different from that of India's.”
In a statement, Shah said development cannot compensate the pain and suffering of Kashmiris and "India must fulfill its promises kept with us".
Shah said the removal of army bunkers area was not a solution to the dispute and that State cannot divert the attention of real issue by undertaking such moves.
"The people of Jammu Kashmir cannot befooled by the sweet slogans and they will continue their struggle for freedom at any cost," he said.
The DFP chairman said Kashmir issue is not dependent upon anyone's dictations but is an internationally acknowledged dispute pending in the UN's agenda.
"India should read writing on the wall that it cannot mislead the world community by imposing its military occupation in Kashmir. India's crimes of human rights violations will get exposed before world very soon ," he said.
Terming the chief minister Mehbooba Mufti's speech before Modi as "joke", Shah said the ongoing freedom movement is neither related to posts nor is it an economical problem but a mission for which Kashmiris laid down their lives since last 7 decades.
Shah also rejected the so-called probe ordered by administration into the Handwara and Kupwara killings saying the last three decades are ample proof for us that these investigations are nothing but eye-wash.
He said the “oppressive and suppressive measures by authorities, killings and detentions cannot break our resolve and we will continue our movement at any cost.”
Shah said the sexual harassment of a minor girl of Handwara is a shameful act. "How can anyone rely on her statement when she wasn't given freedom to express so as she was in police custody. We demand the case be investigated by any independent international organisation as there is no point of trusting the Indian state," he said.