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No single group can speak for
Kashmir's people: Interlocutors
Saturday February 26, 2011 08:22:43 PM,
IANS
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Srinagar:
Given the diverse political aspirations of Jammu and Kashmir's
three regions, no single political formation - mainstream or
separatist - could claim the exclusive prerogative to speak for
the people of Kashmir Valley, let alone for the state's people as
a whole, the three central government-appointed interlocutors said
Saturday.
Addressing a media conference here at the end of their latest
visit to the Valley, the interlocutors - Dileep Padgaonkar, Radha
Kumar and M.M. Ansari - said: "The political settlement has to be
found only through a sustained and inclusive process of dialogue
with all the stake holders, including the separatist outfits and
the civil society organisations".
Padgaonkar said any outbreak of violence could thwart the process.
"The stake holders, therefore, need to move away from rigid
positions and act in concert to focus tightly on four issues of
critical importance for the future.
"These include the need to preserve the unity and integrity of the
state, assert the state's special status in the Indian Union, seek
the most practical and effective way to respond to the diverse
political, economic, social and cultural urges of the people, the
mainstream political parties in every region would be required to
evolve a consensus on a political settlement and then seek a
similar consensus with other regions of the state".
Padgaonkar said all the delegations the interlocutors met insisted
that the situation on the ground had to change to enable the
dialogue process to progress.
"For this, the delegations demanded an end to the intimidation and
harassment by police and the security forces including the
indiscriminate use of the Public Safety Act (PSA)".
The exchange of views with the various delegations the
interlocutors had met during the visit gave them sharp insight
into the complexities involved in crafting a permanent, political
settlement in Jammu and Kashmir, he said.
"We will take these insights, demands and suggestions into account
when we present the government our initial document on the
contours of the political settlement," Padgaonkar said.
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