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| Hizb denies Advani’s charge |
| 2002-09-18 |
| Hizbul Mujahideen today refuted the deputy prime minister, L K Advani’s statement in which he had attributed to the group’s supremo, Syed Salahuddin, announcement of a reward of Rs 40 lakh for killing of chief minister, Dr Farooq Abdullah, and his son, Omar Abdullah, and Rs 10 lakh for every contestant in the elections. In a statement, a Hizb spokesman quoted the group’s operational commander and Salar-e-Aala, Saif-ul-Islam, as saying Advani’s statement was untrue and fabricated and as an attempt to bolster the chief minister’s falling stock among the people. Islam said the Hizb did not believe in killing politicians and its policy on that was absolutely clear. The Salar-e-Aala said Advani was frustrated by the poll boycott of Kashmiri people and to divert world attention away from defeat used the propaganda tool. He congratulated Kashmiri people on the total boycott of elections which, he said, had proved that they wanted to get rid of India at any cost. He urged international community to prevail upon India to hold plebiscite in Kashmir. "Any cost" that includes Salahuddin's snuffy corps is pretty daggone steep... |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |