Srinagar, Sept 15: Holding the breakaway group of 12 general council members led by hardline separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani as responsible for the horizontal split in the Hurriyat, the amalgam today said the rebels flourished on "trouble-making and mischief mongering and that they would not agree to reconciliation". "The damage has been done. They (rebels) broke the Hurriyat horizontally," former Hurriyat chairman Abdul Gani Bhat said when asked to comment on rebel group's head Masrat Alam's refusal to reconcile.
"Whoever, has done it will go down in the annals of history as a traitor. They are now performing the last rites by holding meetings and talking to the media," Bhat said. The former chairman of the 25-party amalgam was quick to add that the breakaway group would not affect the credibility or the strength of the Hurriyat Conference.
"Let there be no miscalculation that in accordance with the provisions of the (Hurriyat) constitution, Hurriyat comprises the executive council, which is in tact. Therefore, Hurriyat has not gone to the wind," Bhat said. Moreover many of the general council members have also fallen in line with the Hurriyat executive council, he said.
Bhat said the rebels would not agree to reconcile their differences with the Hurriyat as a trouble-maker and a mischief monger can never talk of reconciliation. It is only this card in which they can flourish.
He said the rebels were on a demolition mission adding, "If a demolition expert could pass off for a builder, I can understand their desire for reconciliation." Bureau Report