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The recent economic blockade enforced by the people of Jammu under the aegis of the Sangh Parivar is totally reversing. The people of Jammu are being defeated in every way. They thought that by enforcing a blockade, they would frighten the Kashmiris, but this time luck was in our favour and we are going to hit them hard this time. Even the Government of India knows that Kashmiris were not wrong but it were the people of Jammu who were wrong in every way.

          Kashmiris were angered at the blockade enforced and failure of the Indian Government to remove it. This alienated the Kashmiris, and now people of Jammu will feel the heat of our backlash. Every Kashmiri is backing the arrest of trade with people of Jammu. All Jammu based products are facing a boycott here in Kashmir and the products that have their offices in Jammu and not in Kashmir are also being boycotted. Most of the pharmaceutical companies who have their depots in Jammu are being boycotted. Kashmiri traders are going for an open trade with Delhi and other states, leaving the fate of middlemen of Jammu hanging. They are urging the pharmaceutical companies to setup their depots in Kashmir. But on this, the Jammu  based pharmaceutical traders threatened the companies not to issue medicine directly to Kashmiri distributors.

Now proceeding to the facts and figures.

          Kashmir forms the 80% of the total market of goods in the state while as the Jammu region only has 20%. We see this fashion in pharmaceuticals also. While as the turn-over of the pharmaceutical companies in J&K is considered to be 1200 crores, more than 900 crore comes from the Kashmir valley. If we are a bigger market why would we let such a small chunk be heading us. We were totally dependent on them for medicines, but due to the blockade enforced by them, we ought to look for new sources. They stopped their medicines during the blockade, now we are stopping their medicines as means of retaliation. Trade relations with Jammu will be cut off totally very soon and they would be taught a lesson for enforcing a blockade. Cipla, a pharmaceutical company, which openly declined supplying medicines directly to Kashmir, has been blacklisted here by the medicos.

          The traders of Jammu eat their bread because of Kashmiris, but in foolishness they chose to backfire us. Now they are coming on their knees, but we wont move. They will have to repent their deeds. We, Kashmiris, will make sure that no goods, having their origin in Jammu, are sold in Kashmir.

          Now for the people who believe Arun Jaitley and assume that the economic blockade was a propaganda of the separatists, I wish to tell them that 1 million people marching in protest, against the blockade and failure of the government to remove it, can’t be wrong and misguided by the separatists. The UPA government at the Centre weren’t fools hand in hand with separarists,who too admitted existence of the blockade and proposed that the armed forces would be buying the fruit produce of Kashmiris. Noted print media like The Hindu, The Times Of India, The Tribune and The Hindustan Times, weren’t supporters of separatists who also admitted the economic blockade being enforced on Kashmir. The Delhi Fruit Traders weren’t fools even, who urged home ministry to remove the economic blockade beacuse they were suffereing losses because kashmiri Fruit didn’t reach them. Further , I wish to make it clear that Kashmiris aren’t communal like Jammuites. We respect every religion, but we won’t tolerate anything against us. This year also, the Yatra went on peacefully, and will continue to be. The Amarnath Board got the land they already were using, but caused such a loss to us. But Jammuites, who wanted a separate state with the help of sangh Parivar, is going to face the ire and not the Sangh Parivar.

          Yesterday only, four trucks of goods were returned back to Jammu, and asked not to send any more goods. We, Kashmirs, are buying goods from Jallandhar, Ludhiyana, Pathankote and Delhi and nothing from Jammu.

          The people who supported the economic blockade need to understand that they are in deep trouble. Lets see how Sangh Parivar will help them now.

All roads led to Pampore Saturday. If there was anything visible in this saffron town, it was a sea of people. Kashmir had assembled to pay homage to Sheikh Abdul Aziz, the slain Hurriyat leader who fell to police bullets on a peaceful march to Muzaffarabad.
People including women and children from across the Valley assembled at Eidgah here, climbed rooftops, trees and even sky-touching mobile towers to watch pro-freedom leaders.
On way to Pampore from Srinagar, women offered milk, water and food to the people, who continuously shouted pro-freedom slogans and waved green flags.
“We want freedom,” the people kept shouting.
Since morning people were waiting for the arrival of the leaders. When Mirwaiz Umar Farooq’s cavalcade reached the spot, women showered flower petals on him. Later youth carried Mirwaiz on shoulders in a procession to Eidgah. People also gave rousing welcome to Muhammad Yaseen Malik.
However, people could not control their emotions when Syed Ali Shah Geelani reached there. They huddled, shouted anti-India and pro-freedom slogans and escorted Geelani, who was atop a vehicle, inside the jam-packed Eidgah.
However, not a single cop or troopers was present on the road from Athwajan to Pampore. For hours people kept thronging the town—by foot, on motorcycles and vehicles. The locals had established langars at various places.
But more than food, people preferred to listen to the pro-freedom leaders.
As Geelani started his speech, some youth climbed atop all the mobile towers overlooking the Eidgah, and hoisted green flags. Shouting pro-freedom slogans, people saluted the youth who stood atop the cell towers and kept waving the green flags.
‘Sheikh Aziz Teri Azmat Ko Salam (We salute the grandeur of Sheikh Aziz,” a group of youth carrying the slain leader’s life-size posters shouted.
When the pro-freedom leaders ended their speech, people started to move to their respective destinations in huge processions. On seeing massive procession, two Army trucks abruptly stopped at Athwajan. A group of women taunted the troops for “killing the innocent people of Kashmir.”
Later some youth among the procession paved way for the Army vehicles to leave the spot. At Pantha Chowk the police diverted the procession through the Bypass. However those who managed to move through the highly-fortified zone housing the 15 Corps headquarters, shouted pro-freedom slogans and moved in a procession to Shivpora. Till late evening, youths on motorcycles and vehicles moved through city roads, shouting pro-freedom slogans.

From June, the 25th, we’ve been seeing sea changes here in Kashmir. The people of Jammu have enforced an economic blockade on Kashmir. The union government is watching as a mute spectator. Now the fruit growers, who witnessed losses worth hundreds of crores, tried to export theit fruit produce through the LOC to Muzzafarabad. This, according to me, should have been allowed because this is the only option to save them from severe losses. When they macrched towards Baramulla, they were fired upon by the police killing many people. After commiting a folly, the government while trying to hide their fault imposed a curfew with shoot at site orders. Again killing many people. We, at Kashmir, are now facing shortage of essential items. The food, medicine, fuel and every other item is about to get finished up. The Kashmir  marriage parties are known for their robust feasts, but due this blockade, about 90% of the parties are being cancelled. The streets here remain deserted due to curfews imposed by the civil authorities.
I, in my personal view, find the HINDU ORGANIZATIONS, responsible for this act. They have never been able to win elections in Jammu and Kashmir and now they are playing cheap politics by using Jammuites against Kashmiris. The Jammuites complain that the Kashmiris discriminate against them and they have been left far undeveloped. But if the facts are to be taken into consideration, they are more developed than us. They have a much better infrastructure than us. They also have a far less number of unemployed people. All their charges are baseless. Its evident that the issues they are raising are all hoax and they want something else in its disguise.