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In Hindu-majority Jammu thousands of protesters courted arrest over the Amarnath land row while Protests continue in Kashmir valley with call for secession
In Hindu-majority Jammu thousands of protesters courted arrest over the Amarnath land row. But the new volatile edge in the state did not translate into any violence.
In New Delhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh expressed concern over the growing divide between the two regions that form the troubled state but there was little sign of the deadlock being resolved amicably.
Tens of thousands of people were out on the streets in Kashmir Valley Monday chanting secessionist slogans even though their leaders appeared quite divided over the future direction of the movement.
The threatened mass march to UN observers'' office did not materialize as authorities only allowed little groups to go there in batches.
Tens of thousands supporting the cause of a "free Kashmir" congregated in Srinagar from all over the valley Monday and marched towards the UN office shouting pro-Pakistan slogans while security forces, asked to exercise maximum restraint, watched on.
The march to the United Military Observers'' Group (UNMOG) office in uptown Srinagar was sponsored by the separatist Hurriyat Conference to seek UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's intervention to resolve the long-standing issue of the future of the Kashmir Valley.
Leader of the hardline faction of the Hurriyat Syed Ali Shah Geelani said: "Our memorandum seeks UN intervention for the permanent resolution of Kashmir issue in the wake of the economic blockade imposed on the valley."
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