New Delhi/ Jammu:

Syed Ali Shah Geelani, the confront of Kashmir’s separatist politics around the last 3 many years, has announced his resignation from Hurriyat Convention, the major separatist amalgam in Kashmir. The 90-yr-old was a lifelong chairman of the Hurriyat.

In an audio information, Syed Ali Shah Geelani stated he was asserting his resignation from the All Celebration Hurriyat Conference due to the fact of “the present situations” in the umbrella group.

“In look at of the present-day condition of the Hurriyat Convention, I am saying my entire dissociation from the discussion board. In this context I have currently sent a in-depth letter to all constituents of the forum,” mentioned Mr Geelani in an audio message unveiled this early morning.

This marks a main advancement for separatist politics in Jammu and Kashmir following the govt ended its specific status underneath the constitution’s Post 370 in August last and split it into two union territories.

Resources say Mr Geelani had been facing criticism from groups in Pakistan for what they referred to as his failure to answer to the government’s shift. Considering the fact that then, the veteran Hurriyat chief had been silent.