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Hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Monday demanded the merger of Jammu and Kashmir with Pakistan, as leaders of the moderate Hurriyat faction spoke about independence and a dialogue over the state, triggering a leadership and ideological clash in the Muslim-dominated valley.
Tens of thousands of Muslim Kashmiris marched towards a United Nations office here amid heavy security arrangements, demanding UN intervention to solve the more than 60-year-old Kashmir dispute.
Demonstrators shouting “We Want Freedom”, “ Aiy zaalimo, aiy kaafiro , Kashmir hamara chhod do “ (Tyrants and oppressors, leave our Kashmir), as they marched past police barricades near the UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan (UNMOGIP) office in the summer capital Srinagar.
