Srinagar: The All Parties Hurriyet Conference (APHC) has accused the Indian government of executing a deliberate strategy aimed at economically destabilizing the Kashmiri population. The group claims that the recent attachment of properties and removal of Kashmiri Muslims from government jobs is part of a broader plan to weaken the region’s Muslim majority.

An APHC spokesman, Advocate Abdul Rashid Minhas, issued a statement in Srinagar, as reported by Kashmir Media Service, asserting that the actions by the BJP-led Indian government are designed to economically strangle Kashmiris. These measures, he said, include illegal confiscations, forced evictions, and the demolition of civilian properties. The ultimate aim, according to Minhas, is to replace the indigenous population with non-local individuals, primarily Hindutva activists and Indian forces’ personnel.

The APHC further highlighted that these efforts have intensified following the abrogation of Articles 370 and 35-A in August 2019, which had previously granted special autonomy to the region. The conference argues that such moves are part of a campaign to marginalize the majority community in the territory.

The statement from the APHC also emphasized that the parliamentary resolutions cannot integrate Jammu and Kashmir into India, nor can they quell the freedom aspirations of its people. Minhas called for international human rights organizations to take notice of the situation and intervene.

The APHC maintains that India’s military occupation of Kashmir lacks moral and constitutional legitimacy, and it claims that the Kashmiri populace has never accepted this forceful occupation.