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As the Kashmir valley witnessed a shutdown on the call of hard-line Hurriyat chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Saturday, many voices have finally surfaced against the separatists' hartal politics. Chief minister Omar Abdullah also criticized the traders for closing their businesses for the day.
As the Kashmir valley witnessed a shutdown on the call of hard-line Hurriyat chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Saturday, many voices have finally surfaced against the separatists' hartal politics. Chief minister Omar Abdullah also criticized the traders for closing their businesses for the day.
Most shops, business establishments, shopping malls, private schools, colleges and banks remained closed. There was a very thin presence of public transport on the roads. Most towns in north and south Kashmir also observed a shutdown. Geelani had called for a protest against "fresh wave of arrests."
"They (traders) are free to choose to shutdown but then they shouldn't expect to be compensated by the government for doing so is my only point," tweeted Abdullah on micro-blogging site twitter.
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