JRL holds protest to commemorate Gaw Kadal incident

Srinagar, Jan 21: To commemorate the 28th anniversary of Gaw Kadal incident, Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) leaders and activists on Sunday held a peaceful protest rally in Basant Bagh GawKadal amid curfew-like restriction in parts of Srinagar.
Muhammad Rafiq Shah Owais, Mushtaq Ajmal, Engineer Ghulam Rasool Dar Eidhi ,Advocate Yasir Dalal, Mukhtar Ahmad Sofi, Sheikh Abdul Rashid, Zahoor Ahmad Butt, Sahil Ahmad Waar, Syed Muhammad Shafi, Rameez Raja, Muhammad Sideeq Shah, Farooq Ahmad Sheikh, Imtiyaz Ahmad Shah, Ashraf bin Salam, Muhammad Hanif, Abdul Rashid Lone, Ishfaq Ahmad Khan, Sajad Ahmad and others were among who participated in protest rally.



“United India During its struggle for freedom from British occupation witnessed only one Jalianwala Bagh massacre but Kashmiris have witnessed dozens of such massacres carried out by Indian forces from 1990. 21st January is the day that changed the course of our 5000 year old history. This is the day when Kashmiris started a peaceful revolution for freedom and self determination, endured Indian bullets on their chests but refused to surrender before tyranny and illegal occupation,” this was stated by the speakers who addressed the rally.
Pertinently, on January 21, 1990, at least 52 Kashmiri innocent civilians were killed in the heart of the Srinagar city when thousands of people took out a massive  procession. (OK)