Sitaram Yechury of the CPI-M urged the government to take confidence building measures to reassure people in the violence-hit Valley.
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The spokesman said such “fabrications” to discredit the separatist leadership “may fool people in India” but will not achieve anything with the people in Kashmir.
The Centre has apparently told the Mehbooba Mufti government in Jammu and Kashmir to give up its “soft-separation” and take tough action against separatists. Disapproving the separatists snub to the all-party delegation, Ahir said that their behaviour was similar to the terrorists.
Hurriyat leaders SAS Geelani and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq had refused to meet a group of the all-party delegation that went to Srinagar to hold meetings with all the stakeholders in the state. He did not elaborate.
“The members of the All-Party parliamentary delegation have expressed serious concerns on the prevailing situation in the State of Jammu and Kashmir”. “It’s time for MehboobaMufti to stop blaming everyone around her & take responsibility for mess J&K is in”, Mr Abdullah, former chief minister of the state, wrote on micro-blogging site twitter. “I think that message has been successfully conveyed”, Yechury said.
The Centre is not planning a crackdown on separatists, sources said, a day after reports talked about scaling down of security, withdrawal of passports and scrutiny of the banks accounts of Hurriyat leaders.
While demanding release of those “illegally jailed” in the Kashmir Valley, the AIMIM leader said Union Home Minister should talk to the editors of four leading newspapers of Kashmir.
Interacting with media after the meeting, Yechury said that his party has sought replacement of pellet guns.
“There can be no compromise on national sovereignty”, it said, a rebuff to separatists and calls for “Azadi”, or freedom, that have echoed in the Valley during the ongoing unrest.
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The delegation urged the government to ensure that all government offices, educational institutions and commercial establishments in the state start functioning at the earliest. “Members requested the government to take effective steps to provide medical treatment to citizens and security personnel injured in agitation”, Singh said.
