Vexed with their defiance and volte face to the all-party initiative to find a solution to the unending street violence, the government is now considering reviewing facilities provided to separatists, including security, medical treatment and foreign trips.
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The group highlighted that the Government of India has been spending billions of rupees on acquisition of military hardware and maintenance of more than half a million troops and para-military forces in the State.
They get funds in the form of pension, travel allowance and medical allowance. Solution is possible only if they talk.
Interacting with media after an all-party meeting here, Congress senior leader Mallikarjun Kharge said: “Our stand is that all stakeholders should be included in any discussion on Kashmir”. The separatist leaders had collectively decided not to engage in any political dialogue with the delegation in view of the situation in the Valley, he wrote. “We know well how to abide by bonds of friendship and how to avenge upon our enemies”, Raheel said. There has been a perceptional change after the visit by the all-party delegation in the people there.
The government has prepared a “kill list” of Kashmiri leaders, civil society members and activists, separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani alleged on Friday as tensions continued to simmer in the Valley. As part of a strategy you don’t talk. He termed the statement of Indian Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Kashmir in conflict to the historical realities on the dispute.
Many people have been killed and several are injured after protesters clashed with Indian forces following the death of Hizbul Mujahideen commander Burhan Wani.
The Democratic Freedom Party in a statement said that Jammu and Kashmir was an worldwide issue and needed to be addressed under United Nations resolutions. “Kashmir issue can only be resolved by implementing the UN Resolutions”, he said during a ceremony marking “Defence Day” in Rawalpindi on Tuesday. As a nation we are a romantic people.
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The illegally detained Chairman of Tehreek-e-Mazahmat, Bilal Sidiqee, in his statement asked puppet Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti to release resistance leadership and face them on political turf.
