Simranjeet Singh Mann [File Photo]

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Simranjeet Singh Mann advocates UN patronised Referendum in Kashmir

By Sikh Siyasat Bureau

July 11, 2016

Fatehgarh Sahib: Condemning the encounter killing of Kashmiri militant Burhan Wani and the killings of at least thirty young protesters by Indian security forces in last four days in south-Kashmir, Shiromani Akali Dal Amritsar (Mann) extended solidarity with the Kashmiri people.

SAD (Mann) president Simranjeet Singh Mann said that the Indian state won’t be able to strengthen it’s hold over the disputed region by using its’ military might against the Kashmiri people.

Advocating a United Nations patronised Referendum in Kashmir, S. Mann questioned that why the Indian state was not ready to bring peace in Kashmir by holding a plebiscite in Kashmir as per UN resolution?

He said that an independence referendum was the only viable solution for the Kashmir conflict, so that the people of Kashmir could take their own decision.