According to a press release by Peoples League ,Senior Hurriyat leader and Chairman of JKPL, Mukhtar Ahmad Waza said that the Kashmir’s had been fighting for the right to self-determination and Indian Republic Day had no relevance in J&K. Waza said, we don’t want to hurt the sentiments of Indian people but there is no other option to show our anger. “Our struggle is not against any nation, tribe, and religion or against the sovereignty of any country. But our struggle is the struggle for our rights”, adding “Kashmir movement does not belong to any particular individual.

Meanwhile the spokesperson of JKPL imtiyaz reshi said that senior hurriyat leader and chairman jkpl Mukhtar ahmad waza has paid glowing tributes to the martyrs of Hanwarah and Kupwara on their death anniversaries.
Waza asked the Kashmiri people to observe India’s Republic Day on January 26 as black day to convey to the world community that New Delhi continued to deny them their inalienable right to self-determination, Waza said adding that martyrs are the assets an the real heroes of this movement and the blood and sacrifices given by our martyrs will definitely bear fruit and we will be free from India .
Mukhtar Ahmad Waza paid glowing tribute to two young journalists Zakir Yousuf Malik on the death of his brother in law and another journalists Qayoom Khan on the death of his Aunt.