Jammu Kashmir Democratic Hurriyat Front (DHF) while reiterating its support to APHC call for observing 15thAugust as a black day, has said that India is a fascist state that has no moral right to celebrate independence day until it allows Kashmiris to exercise their right to determine their political future.

In a joint statement the DHF leaders including Ch. Shaheen Iqbal, Hakeem Abdul Rasheed, Ghulam Nabi War, Advocate Shafiq-ur-Rehman, advocate Asra, Aqib Wani and others appealing people to observe August 15as “Black Day”, as a mark of protest against India’s forcible occupation of Kashmir.

Terming India as a usurper they said that the country that has deprived millions of Kashmiris from their fundamental rights and snatched their freedom by occupying their motherland has no justification, whatsoever, to celebrate Independence Day.

Taking strong exception to the Indian government’s Har Gar Tiranga campaign, they said, “A nation doesn’t have any moral and constitutional right to organize the freedom celebrations on the soil of this state it had occupied illegally. They said that India was a morally bankrupt nation that feels no shame in forcing people to unfurl tricolor and sing the national anthem.

Kashmiris, they said, have neither accepted Indian dominance nor have they ever wilfully unfurled the Indian flag on their soil. To the contrary, they said, “Kashmiris have been proudly raising and displaying green flags on every important occasion”.