Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Aug 4: Former Minister and senior Congress leader Abdul Ghani Vakil has said that Centre should come forward and break the ice to seriously involve Hurriyat Conference leaders into a meaningful dialogue to resolve issues confronting people of the State.
In a press statement issued here today, Mr Vakil said that time has come for Central Government to break the ice and initiate dialogue with the Hurriyat leaders and take it to the logical conclusion. The Hurriyat leaders, he said should also respond to the dialogue offer in a positive manner so that this stalemate is brought to an end.
“Sensing gravity of situation, both Central leadership as well as Hurriyat Conference must understand that this endless wait for a meaningful dialogue is seriously hitting the development and making people suffer for no fault of theirs. Tourism is in shambles, youth are suffering for want of employment, development is stagnated, people are alienated and sense of insecurity is increasing among the people,” Vakil added.
The Congress leader further said that Centre must come out with a clear policy viz-a-viz dialogue process and stop this endless wait, adopting an ad hoc approach to resolve Kashmir crisis. Since long, both Hurriyat leaders and Central leadership are maintaining silence but the situation warrants that this ice must be broken now. Legislators in both houses of Parliament as well as in State Assembly must also resolve and pursue Centre to clear stand on its Kashmir policy. People have witnessed huge bloodshed and this dilly delaying policies were further complicating the issue instead of resolving it, Vakil said adding that any further delay will result in alienation of people which is also not good.
The Congress leader also stressed upon the State Government to immediately hold the elections to the Local Bodies/ Municipal Committees so that people at grass root level are empowered.
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