Its been more than fortnight since the state of Kashmir had welcomed the sunrise on its grounds which were kept under severe restrictions and lock downs by the Indian government by suspending the phone and internet services as the move of combating the security threat and violence which was feared to hit the streets of the state ahead of losing its special status from the Indian constitution.
With the stand of mounting fuel on the unrest, the separatists in Indian territory of Kashmir have issued advisory of urging the people of Kashmir to demean the ban and restrictions and to flag their presence in the huge march that have been planned to organize by the separatists union after Friday prayers this week in what it can be seen as the first alarming call by the separatists after India had revoked the special status from the state of Jammu and Kashmir, which had incited huge anger and unrest in the region.
The state had seen the voices of hundreds of political leaders and separatists who had united in one tone of demanding Indian government to disunion the Kashmir territory by giving the special status and had took their appeal to the public through posters which had occupied the walls and shutters of Srinagar, the capital and main city in Kashmir.
The posters which had the name of Joint Resistance leadership as the host of the march, had carried the motive of uniting the people through the massive march where it had demanded every person, young and old, men and women should march after Friday prayers. The reports say that the insurgence had called on the public march to the office of UN Military Observer group in Srinagar, which was set up in 1949 after the first war between India and Pakistan over gaining Kashmir territory.
Joining the separatists to compose the music of unrest are the critics and the opposition parties had accused the move of Indian government that by scrapping down the legal autonomy for Kashmir in accordance with Indian constitution, would rather elevate the fear of being alienated which would further escalate the three decades old cross border issue and revolts in Indian administered Kashmir where at least 50,000 people have been killed.
The security forces had reported that there were exchanges of gunshots in Baramulla district of Northern Kashmir in which a police officer and a rebel were killed in what it can be counted as first incident of clashes between guns after India's move on Kashmir.
Most of the areas had measured with positive wavelength of joining the march and the protests in the middle of tight security grids where some the areas in Srinagar had frequently hosted the scenes of protests. The people, who masked their identities, had said that they will take part in the march despite of the ban if their leaders call out and further proclaimed that their protests won't stop until the government retains the special status to the state.
However, the state government authorities had ordered the easing of some restrictions in the areas of Kashmir where the most of the mobile and internet services had resumed while the schools, educational institutions and government offices had shuttered up its operations.
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