Fwd: [bangla-vision] Futile move, says Geelani; Mirwaiz cautious

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Subject: [bangla-vision] Futile move, says Geelani; Mirwaiz cautious

 

Futile move, says Geelani; Mirwaiz cautious 
Ehsan Fazili/TNS

Srinagar, October 13
The hardline faction of the Hurriyat Conference led by Syed Ali Geelani today described the Centre's appointment of a three-member team of interlocutors on Jammu and Kashmir as a futile move, while the moderate faction, led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, chose to be cautious.

Describing the appointment of the three interlocutors — Dilip Padgaonkar, M.M Ansari and Radha Kumar — as a futile exercise, Geelani said India was "non-serious" in its approach to resolve the Kashmir issue. He said the party would not enter into any dialogue with the Centre unless its five-point proposal was accepted by the Central Government. He had put forth the formula in August before joining the dialogue process for resolving the issue. The five conditions included accepting Kashmir as a dispute, withdrawal of troops from Jammu and Kashmir, revocation of special powers to the security forces, unconditional release of all those arrested and action against those involved in the Macchil encounter.

However, the moderate faction of the Hurriyat Conference, led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, chose to be cautious in its approach with the Mirwaiz saying that he would discuss the issue with his colleagues at a meeting of the executive council of the party. He said it was a political problem and his faction had sought the appointment of political leaders as interlocutors.

JKLF chairman Mohammad Yasin Malik pointed out that there was need to address the issue politically which could have been possible only with the appointment of political leaders as interlocutors. Referring to his meeting with the parliamentary delegation, Malik said he had conveyed to the delegation the significance of the political nature of the Kashmir problem. 

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