He also lashed out at BJP-PDP government in the state for bringing destruction in Kashmir in a planned manner and said that they are pushing the Kashmir to the extreme.
On the occasion, Chairman SSS Showkat Ahmad Khanyari said "from downtown Kashmir we have come to Jammu to serve pepper patients on this important day. We will be continuing it and further work towards their betterment and prosperity."
For smooth conduct of the programs the authorities imposed curfew like restrictions in parts of the Valley, apart from setting up multiple checkpoints.
The Hurriyat (M) spokesman in a statement to KNB, termed the restrictions aimed to stop people from holding protests against the ‘state-sponsored terror’ unleashed on the people of Kashmir in view of the Republic Day.