Hurriyat Conference, an amalgam of 23 parties spearheading a separatist movement in Kashmir, has expressed its readiness to contest elections under international supervision to prove its representative character. The conglomerate is ready to contest polls under international supervision to prove its representative character and to clear misunderstandings of those doubting its following, Senior executive member of Hurriyat, Abdul Gani Lone, told workers of his People's Conference at Batmaloo in Srinagar.

Referring to government's interlocutor K C Pant's statement that Hurriyat was not a representative body of the people of Kashmir, Lone said Hurriyat has become the symbol of the feelings and sentiments of Kashmiris.
Pant needed a lot of time in knowing and understanding the Kashmir issue, he said, adding the government's negotiator would get nothing by criticising Hurriyat. Bureau Report