SRINAGAR, Oct 13:
Main opposition political parties will meet tomorrow here to discuss the present situation in the State, including tension between India and Pakistan.
Lone CPI (M) MLA Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami said that NC president Farooq Abdullah has invited opposition parties to hold a meeting tomorrow at his Gupkar residence here.
Tarigami said the main agenda of the meeting was to discuss the present situation in Kashmir valley, including the unrest that has left 86 civilians dead and over 10,000 others injured in the last 97 days and tension along the Line of Control (LoC) and International Borders in J&K.
Meanwhile, People’s Democratic Front (PDF) chairman Hakim Mohammad Yasin confirming that he will attend the meeting, said that ways to de-escalate tension in the Valley and between India and Pakistan will be discussed in the meeting tomorrow.
A delegation of the opposition parties during their meeting with President Pranab Mukherjee and Prime Minister Narendra Modi in the national capital in August had pressed for political solution in Kashmir.
Following which a Parliamentary delegation-led by Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh visited the Valley to interact with various stake holders. However, only political parties and some groups met the delegation after it was boycotted by separatists, alleging the exercise was just a photo opportunity and didn’t yield any result in the past, including in 2010.
Even though the Union Home Minister during his visit to the Valley had assured the people that pellet gun will be banned, security forces continued to use pellets gun during crowd control.
Demanding immediate ban on use of pellets, Tarigami said one fails to understand why the pellet guns were still being used, despite the fact that its use was strongly denounced by the entire Opposition and the matter was vehemently discussed in Parliament too.
He said that the present scenario comprising unending huge protests and vicious cycle of violence has deep political roots and the remedy lies in addressing the people’s political aspirations and grievances rather than the blatant use of force.
“I would like to emphasise that the use of excessive and indiscriminate force while dealing with the situation merely as a law and order problem, will further erode the trust of the masses in the Government and widen the gulf which would be extremely difficult to bridge. As is evident the trust deficit and alienation are at their peak and could lead to dangerous consequences,” he alleged. (UNI)
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