Srinagar, Dec. 27 -- Chief cleric of the grand mosque in Kashmir, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, has removed the tag of "chairman All Party Hurriyat Conference" (APHC) from his verified X account, which he said was done after authorities left him with nothing but "Hobson's choice".

Mirwaiz's bio now lists only his name, location, and basic details.

After abrogation of Article 370 in 2019, the Hurriyat Conference, which was an amalgam of several separatist organisations, has become defunct with leaders of some groups either in jail or silent. The APHC is almost defunct now as most of its constituents have been declared as banned organisations by the Union ministry of home affairs.

Mirwaiz, clarified it on his official handle, saying that he was p...