Early Times Report
JAMMU, Sept 7: After cutting funding lines of the separatist leaders, the Centre is now seriously thinking to curtail foreign trips of Hurriyat leaders, who have been enjoying VIP treatment since inception of terrorism in the State. For the last one month, Centre has taken very serious step to block funding of Hurriyat leaders. After successfully blocking funding of these leaders, Centre has now decided to take one more step.
As relatives of most of the Hurriyat leaders are enjoying luxuries lives at abroad, Centre has decided to curtail these leaders'foreign trips by not issuing them passports. As most of the Hurriyat leaders are claimed that they are not Indian citizen, the Centre has decided not to issue them passport because they are not
The Centre has decided to keep a hawk eye on activities of Kashmiri separatists, particularly Hurriyat leaders, and curtail their foreign travel by not issuing them passports. Kashmiri separatists, particularly Hurriyat leaders, and curtail their foreign travel by not issuing them passports.
Some reports, quoting sources in the intelligence agencies said the privileges extended to Hurriyat leaders in the past, funding their foreign tours, study of their children abroad and medical treatment etc -was consistently scaled down since 2010, when their role in stone-pelting incidents forced the then government to take a firm stand against mollycoddling them.
Slowly , the funding of personal expenses of Hurriyat leaders was whittled down and completely stopped after the NDA government took over. There has been negligible foreign travel by Hurriyat leaders in the past couple of years, said another official.Though Syed Ali Shah Geelani was issued a passport last year to enable him to visit his ailing daughter in Saudi Arabia, he ultimately did not travel. The validity of his passport has ended. |
