"You are supporting terrorists"

Hindu chauvinist derails Mumbai citizens' sit-in
Rising Kashmir August 31
Rising Kashmir News
Srinagar, Aug 30: The proposed sit in by the Concerned Young Citizens of Mumbai (CYCM) was derailed by the Hindu chauvinist led by the filmmaker Ashoka Pandit, Saturday.
CYCM which was granted permission to hold a sit in protest on Marine Drive, Mumbai, from 3 pm to 5pm, however, Deputy Commissioner of Police told them to held protest at Azad Maidan police station.

“As we reached the place film maker Ashoka Pandit with his company started abusing us. You are supporting ‘terrorists,” said CYCM president.
“We explained him we are protesting against the clampdown on media, the strict curfew as people were running short of food supplies,” he said.
Pandit in collaboration with the police intimated and detained them in police station.
Police later released them all on the condition that there won’t be any protest in support of Kashmir.

and an earlier report




:. Young Indians to March for Kashmir Today




Mumbai, Aug 30-A group calling itself ‘Concerned Young Citizens of India’ is organizing a silent march to express solidarity with the people of Kashmir in Mumbai today.

We have to extend our hand of friendship to Kashmiris who are feeling slighted by our government", a statement from the group received by Kashmir Observer said.

"To highlight the plight of the Kashmiris and to stand by them in solidarity and protect their right to free speech, we plan to go on a silent walk wearing white with black bands on our arms to let our government know that it cannot clamp down on a people's right to protest", it further said.

" The Indian government in Kashmir is clamping down on the fundamental rights of the people to express their grievances by violently suppressing it. Force is being used on journalists, doctors and ambulance drivers, which is not being widely reported because of the clampdown on the media. Text messages on mobile phones have also been curbed for the last few weeks. Newspapers and TV channels are not allowed to report. Food is not reaching hospitals because of the strict imposition of a curfew for several days", the statement said.

"Some of us feel it is important to stand in solidarity with people who are at the receiving end of this systemic violence in the name of democracy".

The group is expecting a good response to its call.

The march is being held on Saturday from 3 to 5 p.m at Wilson College on Marine Drive, the statement said.

[Kashmir Observer]