Srinagar/Oct,15: Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) on Monday called for a shutdown tomorrow on October 16 in poll-bound areas of Kashmir.
JRL comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik asked people to observe complete protest shutdown on October 16 in areas going to polls in the last phase of “sham elections thrust on them by the authoritarian state”.
“As in the previous three phases, people will again demonstrate their total rejection and disregard of this futile exercise by staying away and boycotting it completely,” said the JRL.
New-Theed, Harwan, Nishat, Brane, Dalgate, Pantha chowk, Palapora, Tarabal, Kawdara, Hawal, Alamgari-Bazar Gilli-Kadal, Nowshara, Lal-Bazar, Botshah-Mohalla, Umer-Colony, Jogi-Lankar, Kathi-Darwaza, Lokut-Dal, Bud-Dal, Hazratbal, Tailbal, Habbak, Chatterhama, Zakura Soura, Buchpora, Ahmad-Nagar, Pattan, Ganderbal, Pampore, Khrew, Pulwama, Shopian, Dooru and Verinag are going to polls tomorrow in the last phase of municipal elections.
