Move beyond official briefing: Er Rasheed to Amit Shah ahead of his maiden Kashmir visit
Handwara: Ahead of Home Minister, Amit Shah’s maiden visit to Kashmir, AIP President, Er Rasheed has asked government of India to “move beyond beaten tracks”.
In a statement issued Tuesday, Rasheed asked New Delhi to give up its “rhetoric and double standards”.
He said that time was ripe for New Delhi “to accept ground realities and realize that there is no shortcut to resolution of Kashmir dispute except respecting sentiments and sacrifices of people of J&K and resolving the issue as per UN resolutions”.
Rasheed said that at a time when Home Minister Amit Shah was visiting Kashmir, “he needs to move beyond beaten tracks”.
He also said that Hurriyat’s willingness for talks “should not be seen as their weakness but as an opportunity to find everlasting resolution to internationally recognized dispute”.
New Delhi and Hurriyat leadership, he said, “must restrain from imposing any pre-conditions for entering into dialogue process”.
“Those trying to see Hurriyat’s willingness for talks as their weakness are living in fool’s paradise as Hurriyat is custodian of sacrifices and represents sentiments and sacrifices of people of J&K”.
Rasheed added that the “muscular policy has failed in the past when inhuman operations like catch and kill and operation tiger were tested on unarmed Kashmiris”.
He said that all the stake holders must understand that J&K dispute was a political one and finding any military resolution will never succeed.
“It is time to give up ego and involve militant leadership into the meaningful dialogue process and resolve the issue once for all”.
Rasheed also urged Hurriyat to take militant leadership on board.
He said that the Hurriyat “may not be able to deliver much without taking militant leadership on board”.
“All the three parties including militant leadership must help in creating conducive atmosphere for the meaningful dialogue,” Rasheed said.
He also urged Amit Shah to “move beyond official briefing which he may get from state administration and security agencies and urged him to ensure that security forces “are made accountable and honour and dignity of masses is restored”.
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