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SRINAGAR: Kashmiri separatists have issued a four-minute video clip via social networking sites asking people to boycott the assembly polls later this month.

The video, which has surfaced after authorities launched a crackdown on the separatists for calling for the boycott, has gone viral on social networking sites. It has messages of Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Asiya Andrabi, who are otherwise not on talking terms.

The three ask people to "vigorously boycott" the assembly elections in the video. The video also shows Geelani addressing a gathering via phone asking youth not "to undermine the mission of martyrs". The Mirwaiz is seen posing for the camera seeking "en-masse" boycott.

The video starts with a song eulogizing the people of Kashmir. It then shifts to Geelani's message. "My appeal to the youth in particular is that the sacrifices rendered by the people must be safeguarded and hence in no way should vote during elections."

Mirwaiz cites sacrifices for a cause and says elections cannot be the substitute to the right to self determination in his appeal.

"We appeal people to boycott the coming polls so that we could prove our solidarity with those who have sacrificed their today for our tomorrow," says the Mirwaiz.

The video also has a clip showing JKLF chief Yasin Malik raising slogans for election boycott during a rally.

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