Besides Farida Behanji, Bashir Ahmad Andrabi, Chairman Kashmir Freedom Front; Mohammad Yousuf Naqash, Chairman of the Islamic Political Party; Hakeem Abdul Rashid, Chairman of Muslim Democratic League; Mohammad Shahid Mir chairman J&K Peoples Initiative; Ghulam Nabi War chairman Tehreek-i-Istiqamat; Ghulam Nabi Sofi, chief of J&K Tehreek-i-Istiqlal; Muhammad Sharief Sartaj, chairman of J&K Freedom Movement (JKFM); Advocate Mohammad Reshi head of Democratic Political Movement (DPM) and Shahid Saleem chairman of Jammu and Kashmir People’s Movement (JKPM) have quit the separatist politics and pledged their loyalty to India and constitution of India.The wife of J&K Salvation Movement chairman and former militant commander Zafar Akbar Bhat have also cut ties with separatist politics and affirmed faith in the constitution of India.Earlier, in September last year separatist leader Syed Salim Geelani, had given up separatist politics and joined mainstream camp. He had joined the PDP of Mehbooba Mufti. All of these separatist groups were affiliated with either of two Hurriyat factions – the hardline faction of Geelani and moderate faction of Mirwaiz Umar Farooq.The Hurriyat Conference is a conglomerate of separatist political, religious, trade, and civil society groups in Jammu and Kashmir.The hardline faction of Hurriyat is now led by jailed separatist leader Masrat Alam while the moderate faction is headed by cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooq.A political analyst said separatist politics had gone into the backburner after Article 370 abrogation and arrest of top and middle run separatist leadership.
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