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Situation dangerous for stability in Kashmir:
Mufti
Sunday April 07, 2013 05:26:30 PM,
IANS
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Jammu: Peoples
Democratic Party (PDP) patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed Sunday said
the present atmosphere of despair in Jammu and Kashmir could
endanger the stability in the state and that the use of force
against people should be stopped.
"It is important that the depression gripping the people of the
state, especially the youth, resulting from poor governance, lack
of development and repression be arrested in time," Sayeed said
while addressing a public meeting at Vijaypur, about 25 km from
here.
"It is the unstable conditions in the state that make it prone to
negative influences. We have to guard against the fallout of
strategic changes in the region that can come in the wake of the
upcoming pullout of American forces from Afghanistan," he added.
This can only be done "by creating an atmosphere of hope in the
state and not through strong-arm tactics that have been the
hallmark of governance for the past four years".
Sayeed said that peace can never be achieved through force. "The
mighty US is unable to plan its withdrawal (from Afghanistan)
without opening channels of dialogue with the Taliban even after
13 years of its operations in that country."
He said: "While the situation in Kashmir could never be compared
with that in Afghanistan, unfortunately the approach here has been
relying exclusively on security measures, which has made things
more complicated."
The PDP leader said the people of the state had repeatedly placed
their faith in democratic methods and constitutional processes.
Sayeed also underlined the need for revival of the spirit of 2005
when the governments of India and Pakistan started the bus service
between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad.
He added that the reopening of the route was the lone instance
when the two governments had conceded something to the people of
the state after Independence and Partition.
"The cross-LoC (Line of Control) bus service began to unite the
divided families living on both the sides of the border," Sayeed
said.
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