Kashmir: Geelani resigns as the chairman of Tehreek-e-Hurriyat
Srinagar, Mar 19 (IBNS): Hurriyat leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Monday has stepped down from his post as the chairman of the Tehreek-e-Hurriyat, media reports said.
Senior leader Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai will succeed Geelani.
"The Tehreek-e-Hurriyat led by Syed Ali Geelani today held a meeting at its office in Srinagar and elected senior member Muhammad Ashraf Sehrai as the party chairman," the ANI news agency quoted a Hurriyat spokesperson as saying.
Geelani has been vocal about the separation of Kashmir from India.
He has been held accountable on many occasion by former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah as the man behind the rise of insurgency in Kashmir.
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