“It is unfortunate that the Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir has said many things and has been saying many things, but the situation on the ground is entirely different”.
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The Chief Minister said she told the Prime Minister to hold talks with all the stakeholders in the state and this could be possible through an institutionalised mechanism.
Ms Mufti also blamed Pakistan for fuelling unrest in the valley, which has been on the boil ever since the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani. About 70 people have lost their lives in the violence.
“PM Modi reached out to Pakistan, went to Lahore, but then Pathankot happened”.
Noting that not enough has been done to implement the “Agenda of Alliance” between her party PDP and BJP, Modi reiterated his commitment that the political, economic and developmental initiatives enumerated in the agenda will be implemented with sincerity of objective.
She also advised Islamabad to take a leaf out if its former President Pervez Musharraf’s Kashmir policy who had opined that the United Nations resolution on Kashmir had no space in the present world.
The Chief Minister said “Indian democracy has enough space to accommodate the dreams of Kashmiris”, adding the resolution of the Kashmir issue was only possible during Modi’s government. PDP president Mehbooba Mufti’s favourite colour is green, which she uses while campaigning.
“If things don’t happen during his tenure, it won’t happen ever. Pichle dinon Kashmir mein haalaat kharab hue, aur Pakistan khulke haalaat ko theek karne ke bajaaye, koshish kar rahe the provocation ho (In the last few days when situation in Kashmir worsened, Pakistan, instead of resolving or helping to resolve the issue, was trying to provoke the youth from across the border)”.
Ms Mufti had strongly defended security forces action during a press conference and claimed that 95 percent of people want to resolve the Kashmir issue through political means and dialogue but five percent people were resorting to agitation.
Mehbooba also called for talks between interlocutors and all stakeholders on the Kashmir issue to carry forward former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s policy of a dialogue internally as well as with Pakistan. “They had a golden opportunity to talk about Kashmir when Rajnath ji went to Islamabad recently, but instead he was meted with mistreatment”, she said. “Those who provoke people and cause bloodshed don’t want talks”, she said. People are getting killed in Kashmir.
“I appeal to all those protesting in the streets”. I appeal to the media to have patience and give me a chance, help me out. “This problem has a history and a political background that need to be addressed”, Sagar said.
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Apart from a detailed discussion on the political and security situation in the state and the region, the meeting also discussed the working of the PDP-BJP coalition government in the state. The decision to send the delegation came after a two-day visit by Rajnath Singh in the Valley.
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