‘CPI(M) to put pressure on Centre to resolve Kashmir issue politically’

NEW DELHI: Claiming that the Centre’s Kashmir policy had been a “miserable failure”, the CPI(M) today said it would take an initiative by talking to various stakeholders to put pressure on the government for starting a “political process” to resolve the issue.

Stating this here, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury also criticised JNU Vice-Chancellor M Jagadesh Kumar’s proposal that a battle tank be installed on the university campus to instill nationalism in the students and said nationalism did not stem from “symbols of war”.

“We are of the opinion that the situation in Kashmir is assuming dangerous proportions. The alienation of the people of the Valley from the Indian administration seems to be near-complete. The Kashmir policy of the BJP has been a miserable failure,” he told reporters. (AGENCIES)