The delegation, NC sources said, reiterated that initiating a dialogue with all stakeholders, including separatists, by the Centre was imperative to arrive at a political solution to the Kashmir problem.
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Jaitley also blamed Pakistan for not just training and funding terrorists but also for instigating the youth in Kashmir Valley.”I want to appeal to the youth of this country who have strayed on wrong path, that they should leave the wrong path as they will otherwise be a loser in the end”, he said. They were shifted to the army’s base hospital in Srinagar.
“He will meet people in Srinagar”.
Another report by HRW described how Indian security forces use rape as a weapon of their war on the Kashmiri people. Two policemen have also been killed and hundreds of government forces have been injured in the clashes.
Home Secretary Rajiv Mehrishi and other senior officials from the ministry are expected to accompany Rajnath Singh to the valley.
Kashmir has been under a curfew since protests broke out over the death of popular young rebel leader Burhan Wani on July 8 in a gunfight with security forces.
“In the last two-three days there has been some headway”.
He said the United States respect the right of Amnesty and others bodies to express themselves freely.
Authorities lifted a daytime curfew in some parts of Kashmir’s main city of Srinagar. Separatist leaders have asked people to continue the shutdown till August 25.
While some of the invitees have a nodding acquaintance with the complexity of the issues involved when Kashmir is discussed, some were quite clueless and seemed more interested in getting themselves photographed with the home minister.
“She said, “they (those indulging in violence) are only a handful of people”.
An official statement issued after his 75-minute-long meeting with a joint opposition delegation led by former chief minister Omar Abdullah said the prime minister appreciated the “constructive suggestions” made by them during the talks and reiterated his government’s commitment to the welfare of people. Turning to non-Kashmiris as interlocutors to search for a solution to the ongoing mass unrest and violence is hardly a step in the right direction.
At a meeting with a delegation of opposition parties from the state, Modi expressed “deep concern and pain” over the violence in Kashmir and the loss of lives in the unrest.
The government has also engaged a group of civil society members, mostly prominent non-Kashmiri Muslim personalities, to help bring peace in Kashmir and a delegation is likely to visit the valley soon. Squarely blaming Mehbooba Mufti for the havoc pellet guns are wreaking on the protestors in the valley, he said, “When you have road accident, do you blame the owner of the vehicle or the driver of the auto? Already, well-informed experts comments have begun begun saying that Modi, who “strategically” raised the issue of Balochistan, Gilgit and Pakistan Occupied Kashmir to contain Pakistan’s design in Kashmir, is actuallyonly legitimizing “Kashmiris” claim for azadi”.
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Hurriyat chief Syed Ali Shah Geelani Monday said for the lasting solution of Jammu and Kashmir dispute, the Indian government must shun state violence and uphold global law.
