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Visit
to the Valley successful, say Kashmir interlocutors
Thursday, October 21, 2010 10:43:34 PM, IANS
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Jammu:
Two interlocutors on Kashmir who arrived in Jammu Wednesday said
their visit to the Valley was successful as they "met almost
everyone" - despite being boycotted by separatists.
"We met almost everyone except the separatists," journalist Dileep
Padgaonkar, one of the interlocutors, told reporters here.
He was responding to a question on
whether he could describe the visit as successful as separatists
did not interact with them.
Padgaonkar and academician Radha Kumar arrived here at the
conclusion of their four-day visit to the Valley. Hardline
separatist leader Syed Ali Geelani had given a call to boycott the
three central government interlocutors, the third being M.M.
Ansari.
Padgaonkar said he was aware that "what's palatable in the Valley
is not palatable in Jammu".
He disclosed that he and Kumar would be meeting separatist leaders
in Kot Bhalwal jail in Jammu.
Officials earlier said they would be
interacting with separatists like Shabbir Shah and Asiya Andrabi
there.
Padgaonkar, Kumar and Ansari met mostly mainstream party faces in
the Valley like National Conference leader and Chief Minister Omar
Abdullah and Peoples Democratic Party leader M.H. Baig.
A few students of the Kashmir University also met them, while
separatists boycotted the central team.
Ansari has flown back to New Delhi from Kashmir.
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