Srinagar: Democratic Freedom Party Chairman Shabir Ahmad Shah has welcomed the recognition of Palestine as a non-member observer status in
the United Nations and said that it has now becomes imperative upon ndia that they should fulfill the promise made with the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
“Though the decision has come late but it is very positive development. It could pave the way for Palestinians for full membership in the United Nations. It is a boost for the people of the Palestine as well as the Kashmir as we have been suffering on the same lines at the hands of India,†he said adding that Palestinians can now take their cause forward as per their aspirations.
“It is good that India has voted in favour of Palestine but now it is the time for them to fulfill the promises made with the people of the valley. They should not deny it anymore,†he added.
He lauded the efforts and sacrifices of the Palestinian people who remained firm and determined for the sacred cause. “The Palestinian resistance and the UN decision should be an eye opener for those oppressors who are muzzling the voices of the innocent people by virtue of force,†he said.
He also urged upon the UN to take due cognizance of the situation in Kashmir and said that justice will be done provided that struggle for the truth and against the evil continues.
Kashmiri nation have been fighting against the India’s anti-Kashmir polices that are devised only to deter them from the real cause of freedom. “We have been fighting for the cause of freedom like Palestine has been doing from many decades. Like Palestine we will also be able to get our right to self determination,†he said.
India has been denying basic birth rights to the people of the valley but we will deter in any way and will continue our freedom struggle till it reaches to its logical conclusion, he said.
