He also said: “The Chief Minister writes to separatist leaders to give time and place for meeting the all-party delegation while these separatist leaders are under arrest”. You know what happened.
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The leader of the separatists Syed Ali shah Geelani even refused to meet with the parliamentarians, despite their efforts to reach Geelani in his residence, where he is held under house arrest for two months already. “But what they faced is neither Kashmiriyat nor Insaniyat”, Singh said, ruling out any possibility of talks with Pakistan on Kashmir.
“Steps may be taken to scale down their foreign visits and facilities like medical treatment as well”, sources said, as per IANS.
The all-party delegation seeking to end the turbulence in Kashmir concluded its visit yesterday with no breakthrough.
The Centre is all set to clamp down on Hurriyat and other separatist leaders by putting restrictions on their foreign travel, scaling down the security which they enjoy at the exchequer’s cost and closely monitoring finance from overseas. “We don’t want any more torture on the people of Kashmir”, he added.
Giving details about the all-party delegation meeting with various set of groups in Kashmir, Singh said, “Everyone is very concerned, we all are of the view that things in Kashmir need to improve”.
In New Delhi, Rajnath Singh, who led the all-party delegation, took to Twitter: “Briefed the Prime Minister on all-party delegation’s visit to J&K and also apprised him of the situation in the state”.
“There should be no doubt that Jammu and Kashmir was, is and will always be integral part of India”, he said at a press conference in Srinagar.
Singh said that the central government was ready to talk to anybody and everybody who was interested in normalcy and peace in the valley.
Sitaram Yechury, leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist), said that the government needed to implement a “dual-track solution” for Kashmir.
He said to address concerns of Kashmiri youths living in different parts of the country the ministry has appointed Dr Sanjay Rai as nodal officer who can be approached on phone numbers 011-23092923, 23092885.
Azad had made a quiet, unannounced trip to Srinagar in the run-up to the all-party delegation visit to do crucial “ground work” and has been work in coordination with the home minister, sources said.
One, there should be ban on pellet guns, it seems that an alternative to that, PAVA, shells have arrived and every day a batch is being sent in the state to withdraw from pellet guns. The delegation comprising 26 members from 20 political parties had meetings with over 30 delegates comprising 300 people since Sunday.
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The incident occurred as thousands of protesters took to the streets for a pro-freedom rally – the latest in a series of protests triggered by the July 8 killing of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani.
