Separatists call for strike against PM's visit to J&K on Apr 2

March 30, 2017 21:09

Separatists in Jammu and Kashmir today called for a general strike to protest Prime Minister Narendra Modi's visit to inaugurate the Chenani-Nashri tunnel, the longest in the country, on the Srinagar-Jammu national highway on April 2.

"There should be a complete shutdown on April 2 to protest the proposed visit of Modi. All rhetorics about development or construction of tunnels and roads are futile and will not succeed in luring us," chairmen of the rival factions of the Hurriyat Conference, Syed Ali Shah Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, and JKLF chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik said in a joint statement here.

They said the PM was visiting the state at a time when the situation was "extremely gloomy".

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