Bramdagh Bugti rejects idea of holding negotiations |
02.01.2009 |
Thursday, 01 Jan, 2009
QUETTA: Baloch Republican Party Chief and militant leader Nawabzada Bramdagh Bugti has urged the Baloch nationalist groups to abandon parliamentary politics and form a united front in their struggle for 'freedom'.
In a telephonic press conference from an unknown location on Thursday, he rejected the idea of holding negotiations with the government to resolve the Balochistan issue. He said the Baloch people did not trust state elements, which he claimed had deceived them in the past.
He said the Baloch leaders, Khan of Kalat Ahmed Yar Khan, Price Agha Karim and Nawab Nauroz Khan Zarakzai, had also held talks with rulers but it proved aimless as the 'usurpers' were reluctant to recognize the national rights of the Baloch people.
Bramdagh Bugti said the Baloch people were passing through a critical phase of their history and in such situations it was the responsibility of the Baloch masses, especially the political forces to realize the gravity of situation and strive for a collective struggle.
He said negotiations with the government and parliamentary forces were meaningless to achieve national rights for Balochs . He maintained that the only way to get sovereign rights was to join an armed struggle against the 'usurpers that have occupied their motherland'.
He claimed that the present armed struggle in Balochistan was an indigenous uprising.
He alleged that the troops in Balochistan were using missiles from the United States and Britain against their resistance movement and added that the Balochs would still be able to defeat the state forces that were killing people in military operations.
Bugti stated that tribalism, individualism and self-interest of opportunists were the main hurdles in the unity of the Baloch people.
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