While Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti welcomed the resolution passed at the all-party meeting in New Delhi calling for dialogue in Kashmir, former CM Omar Abdullah ridiculed the all-party delegation.
He said that he was struggling to find any achievement of the APD’s visit to J&K. “I'm struggling to find a single achievement that the all party delegation can lay claim to after visiting J&K. Nothing comes to mind as yet!,” Abdullah tweeted.
“If all they had to do was issue this tame & sterile appeal they could very easily have done so without wasting the time & money on a visit,” he said.
“75 people have died, 1000s of civilians & security personnel have been injured & there is no sense of urgency in getting a grip on things!!!,” Abdullah lamented.
Mehbooba said engagement and reconciliation is the only way forward to end the stalemate and make peace, stability and prosperity a reality in the State and the region.
A Government spokesman, quoting the CM said, she regretted the separatist leadership missed the recent opportunity of engaging with the country’s Parliamentarians, during their visit to the State, to find a solution to the problem.
“By shying away from talks, the separatist leadership is in the danger of being squarely blamed for holding up the resolution process when an opportunity was there to address the issue through political and democratic means,” she said.
“We hope a fresh and productive effort would be made by the country’s political leadership to reach out to all the stakeholders in the State to address the issue through inclusive and comprehensive engagement,” she said.