While as talking to India Today earlier, Hansraj Ahir, MoS Home had said that there is no difference between the separatists and terrorists and the government is going to take tough action and withdraw all facilities provided to separatists.
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For his part, Omar who was chief minister in 2010 when the last round of violence rocked the Valley claiming more than a hundred lives, met the all-party delegation but warned that “efforts like this have lost credibility as there was no follow-up of the previous visit in 2010”. “We are ready to talk to everyone who wants peace and normalcy”, he said.
Besides these, the Centre will also scrutinise their bank accounts and complete pending investigations in cases against them to send a strong message that those provoking youths in Kashmir Valley to create disturbance do not go unpunished, sources said.
The Home Minister, in an hour-long meeting, apprised Modi about the ground situation of the state assessed by the all-party delegation which visited Srinagar and Jammu on September 4 and 5.
Kharge said even though the government had announced that pellet guns would be replaced by chilli-based non-lethal ammunition PAVA, one man died yesterday due to the injuries by pellets.
“When he (Rajnath) says we are open to discussion to all stakeholders, I think it means what it means”, Union minister Jitendra Singh said in a cryptic statement to reporters.
Singh led a delegation of 26 MPs from 20 parties in Srinagar.
During the meetings, which is being chaired by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh, the delegates further suggested isolating the Kashmiri separatist leaders for their continued anti-India stand.
Yechury and Owaisi said the Home Minister denied that there was a plan to curtail the security provided to separatist leaders.
State Congress Chief G A Mir, while appreciating the decision of the all-party delegation to hold talks with all stakeholders, said besides this there was nothing for them to offer. Meanwhile, Kashmiri Pandits organisation Panun Kashmir refused to meet the visiting parliamentarians in Jammu saying they have humiliated the nation by not giving enough time to the representatives of various delegations to put forth their concerns.
He said the the delegation also interacted with state governor N.N. Vohra, chief minister Mehbooba Mufti and officials of the state government on Sunday. Some people, Met the separatists.they should not have done that.
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The separatists, according to the government, are not lending a helping hand to end the ongoing violent protests following the killing of Hizbul Mujahideen’s self-styled commander Burhan Wani in July.
