Modi's Kashmir visit: APHC calls for complete shutdown.

SRINAGAR -- Jammu and Kashmir's All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) on Wednesday appealed to the Kashmiri people to observe complete shutdown on the Indian Prime Minister, Narendra Modi's visit to the territory on 24 April (Sunday) to convey a message that they reject India's illegal hold of their homeland.

According to a report by Kashmir Media Service (KMS), the APHC leaders in their messages from jails termed the visit of Narendra Modi to the territory a cruel joke with the people of Kashmir. They said the RSS-backed fascist Modi regime has broken all the records of brutality and has usurped all the basic rights of the Kashmiri masses.

The APHC leaders maintained that the scrapping of Article 370 and 35-A was a direct attack on the basic rights of the Kashmiri people and a blatant violation of the international law. Since 5 August 2019 when special status of IIOJK was revoked, Kashmiris...