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Srinagar, Jan 30 : The Kashmir chief of militant outfit Hizbul Mujahideen, Riyaz Naikoo, has called Shah Faesal’s entry into mainstream politics and likely participation in the Lok Sabha polls as state managed to fool Kashmiris. Naikoo said the whole exercise is a state-managed drama so that elections see a good voter turnout.

Naikoo also invited the former IAS officer to join Hizbul Mujahideen. “If Faesal is really serious about contributing to the Kashmir cause and work with the likes of scholar-turned-militant Manan Wani who was recently killed,” he said.