Hurriyat (G) chairman Syed Ali Geelani on Tuesday said that the participation of people in the voting process "lengthens our journey to freedom and it is also an insult to our precious sacrifices."

While signaling for boycotting the upcoming local bodies’ elections, Geelani, according to a statement issued to the press, said that India projects "our votes in international forums as a justification for his illegal occupation in Jammu & Kashmir and is trying to present it as an alternative of the referendum."

Terming all the pro-Indian parties like NC, PDP, PC, Congress  as equal and same, Hurriyat chairman said that the most blamed party for the slavery of Kashmiris is NC and this party betrayed the people of Kashmir in 1938 when Muslim Conference was converted into National Conference and Sheikh Abdullah extended hand of friendship towards Jawahar Lal Nehru.

"Pandit Nehru was a wicked politician who backstabbed and deceived Kashmiris. He at first made huge claims and promises with the Kashmiri people and later on he backtracked from his promises and showed a cunning face to the Kashmiri people," said Geelani.

While criticizing the ruling PDP, Geelani said the party proved worse than its predecessors.

"These people asked votes from the people in the name of “Change” but we had cautioned the public that time that no change is possible till the Indian forced occupation is here. Today your are witnessing the barbarism, arrests, innocent killings, search operations and illegal detentions are continue and unchanged and the entire state has been converted into a major jail," he said.