Hurriyat Conference chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq Friday said that holding assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir would not solve the Kashmir issue and advocated for peaceful means of outreach and dialogue to address the matter.

The religious and Hurriyat chief who was allowed to offer Friday congregational prayers at the Jamia Masjid in the Nowhatta area of the city after over a month, claimed that he was put under house arrest and his movements were curtailed.

Delivering the sermon, he said election and “resolution of the Kashmir issue” were two different things.