Srinagar, Dec. 26 -- Kashmir's moderate separatist leader Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has removed his designation as Chairman of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference from his X profile.
Mirwaiz, who is also the chief cleric of Kashmir, has over two lakh followers on his verified X handle. His edited bio now contains only his name and location details.
Mirwaiz claimed that he was "pressed" by the authorities to make changes to his X handle as Hurriyat chairman.
"For some time now, I was being pressed by the authorities to make changes to my X handle as Hurriyat chairman, as all constituents of Hurriyat Conference, including the Awami Action Committee that I head have been banned under the UAPA, making Hurriyat a banned organisation, failing which ...