Excelsior Correspondent
MUMBAI, Nov 23: CPI (M) State secretary, Mohammed Yousf Tarigami today said that the present calm in Kashmir should not be misread or construed as normalcy and an indication of the end of the ongoing unrest.
While addressing a convention on Kashmir organized by CPI (M) Mumbai, he said it should rather be taken as a valuable opportunity to realize and address the political nature of the Kashmir issue and ensue an unconditional and time bound dialogue with all the stakeholders, for delineating a practical roadmap leading to the permanent resolution of the problem which has been eating into the vitals of the people of Jammu and Kashmir.
The convention was attended by a cross section of people including intellectuals, writers, journalists, economists and academics.
GoI is reluctant to not accept the ground situation and recognize the nature of ongoing unrest, Tarigami said and cautioned that any semblance of normalcy should not make the rulers complacent, because till the time the root cause of the ongoing turmoil is not removed, the smouldering sparks will flare up and fire will engulf the State again and again. “Complacency, negligence and war are no solutions to this vexed problem while acceptance of its political nature and credible, sincere dialogue between India and Pakistan on the one hand and New Delhi and the political stakeholders including the separatist groups is the only pragmatic way out, “he added.
The CPI (M) leader said that the real issue is alienation, hopelessness and denial of democratic rights to the people of Jammu and Kashmir, which needs to be addressed politically and steps taken in the past with a sole purpose of crisis management must not be repeated. If it happens there could be a serious threat to the peace in the region which is bound to deepen disillusionment among the people, he said and added that the delay tactics seemingly adopted by the GoI in initiating a credible and comprehensive dialogue with the stake-holders amounts to dis-service to the people of the State.
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