Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, June 8: Hurriyat Conference chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, today said that separatists are in no hurry to respond to dialogue offer and will discuss and deliberate it.
Speaking to a large gathering at Jamia Masjd on the occasion of Jumatul Vida, Mirwaiz said the leadership is in no hurry to respond to Delhi’s assertions over dialogue and will discuss the matter in the coming days and after due deliberations respond.
Mirwaiz said: “I ask those who give us sermons on peace and development that which people in the world would not want development or best of institutions”. He said the pro-freedom leadership was in no hurry to respond to Delhi’s assertions over dialogue and will discuss the matter in the coming days and after due deliberations respond for their children best of progress of growth for themselves.
“The youth of Kashmir are no different. They too would want the same but unlike their counterparts in the region, they live in a conflict zone which by virtue of being in a conflict has been turned into the world’s most militarized zone. Our children have inherited this conflict situation. They are baptized by repression by suppression that they witness all around them in their everyday life”, Mirwaiz said.
He said if the situation changes for the people, their circumstances will automatically change. “If GoI really cares for our children and young as it claims, its welcome as it’s a human gesture. We also want our children to be nurtured and believe that it’s possible once they are brought out of the uncertainty that surrounds them. It entails resolution of Kashmir dispute above their stated position and looking at Jammu and Kashmir in the wider context of humanity and justice”, he said.
Mirwaiz said that as the flip-flop continues, “what we are observing is not so much a change of heart of the rulers but rather a change of strategy forced upon them by the change in circumstances.”
Mirwaiz said the policy of extreme repression was pursued as a state policy since BJP came to power in New Delhi four years ago which was a complete departure from the way previous BJP regime led by Vajpayee.
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