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| Look beyond insecurities: Mufti tells New Delhi | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
SRINAGAR, Aug 17: Calling upon New Delhi to display the confidence, maturity and understanding of a large and strong democracy, Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today regretted that in case of Kashmir only the insecurities fanned by the hawks were scripting its policies.
In a statement issued here today he also expressed his deep anguish at the present crisis that was taking a heavy toll of life in unbridled use of force by the government.
Mufti said the death of yet another young man of Anantnag, Mohammad Abass Dhobi indicated how callously the situation was being treated.
He said the earlier killing of three innocent boys from the town was a proved instance of cold blooded murder and the government could have made it a test case for transparent accountability process which could have prevented more such atrocities.
Referring to the non-serious attitude of New Delhi to the crisis in Kashmir he reiterated his view that the problem would not disappear without actually resolving it. Trying to push it under the carpet in the hope of getting rid of it had cost the whole region its peace and Kashmir has had to pay the heaviest price, he said. He said it was unfortunate that the cries of pain from the state had failed to evoke a response from the national leadership which was still in the mode of denial and strong arm methods and added these methods had only further aggravated the problem.
On the recent statements of the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh about the current crisis, Mufti said it was sad listening to the Prime Minister virtually negating from Red Fort what he himself had set out to do in his televised address only a few days before that. "How can conditions be set for any kind of a dialogue as the Prime minister seemed to be doing if a solution is to be sought between diametrically opposite positions through mutual discussions" he wondered. He said the dialogue has to be unconditional and has to engage all opinions, more importantly with those who question the status quo.
Mufti said there was a need for a serious political initiative on the lines of the former Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee who had advocated a dialogue within the parameters of humanity "insaniyat". |
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