Hurriyat leaders' visit cannot be stopped: Antony

By Our Special Correspondent

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, AUG. 29. The Chief Minister, Mr. A. K. Antony, said here on Wednesday that the Government could not stop the visit of leaders of the All Party Hurriyat Conference (APHC) of Kashmir to Kerala early next month as the Hurriyat was not a banned organisation.

``We will not allow them to visit Kerala if the Central Government bans the organisation. As of now, there is no ban on the activities of the Hurriyat Conference anywhere in the country,'' the Chief Minister said in reference to the BJP demand that the Hurriyat leaders should be prevented from visiting Kerala.

Mr. Antony told presspersons that it would not be logical to ban the APHC in Kerala alone. The Hurriyat leaders had visited various States including Tamil Nadu and Karnataka in the past.

This time, they were coming to Kerala after visiting other States. The Government would deal with the visit the same way as other States do.

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