The All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) Chairman, Syed Ali Gilani, giving a boycott call for Indian Lok Sabha elections, accused New Delhi of hatching an assassination conspiracy against him.
According to the Kashmir Media Service, Syed Ali Gilani was addressing a public meeting at Tarzoo, Sopore as part of the ongoing election boycott campaign.
"They are planning to assassinate me as I haven't succumbed to their pulls and pressures nor have I made any deal with them. They intend to silence the voice, which is against the establishment," Gilani said.
He asked the participants to spread anti-poll message to the different areas in the district. "I may not be alive tomorrow, therefore it is your duty to disseminate the message regarding the poll boycott to various areas," he added.
Gilani said, " boycott of the elections would show that we are against Indian occupation. The boycott would also expose the Indian government's propaganda that projects people willingly vote during elections".
The APHC chairman said that the India-Pakistan talks should had begun after India had stopped human rights violation in occupied state, accepted Kashmir a disputed territory, revoked the disturbed area act and released Kashmiris detainees languishing in different jails.
He said that dialogue was initiated to buy time so that Kashmir issue would linger on.
Lauding the Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's recent statement for the resolution of Kashmir issue, he said the stand taken by the president was highly appreciable.
Describing the ongoing freedom struggle as sacred struggle and not terrorism, he said that we were not warmongers but were fighting for our right of self-determination.
"We are peace loving people and Islam also condemns terrorism. But Islam also says those if you are suppressed, fight back and win freedom from the occupiers", Gilani said.
Gilani asked people not to get swayed by the freedom slogans raised by the candidates contesting the upcoming parliamentary elections.
He said those fighting the elections had nothing to do with the freedom of Kashmir, daily "Greater Kashmir" reported.