Mirwaiz Umar Farooq – Once bitten, Twice shy

Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, who heads his faction of the Hurriyat Conference, has been continuously under house arrest for the past two months. He is considered a moderate separatist leader, but he has turned a hardliner now as the Union government continues not to listen to the voice of Kashmiris. In this interview, he expresses his frustration. Excerpts: Why do you think the situation erupted like this? It was the most obvious reaction to the kind of provocations that the people of Kashmir were being routinely subjected to since the infamous…

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