Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, June 9: Urging India and Pakistan to reverse the self-destructive path and take bold initiatives to address the vexed Kashmir issue, the CPI (M) State Secretary Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami has said people expect Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh’s proposed visit to Kashmir more purposeful with regard to stalled peace process aimed at resolution of Kashmir issue.
The CPI (M) leader said with the peaceful democratic transition and the return of Mian Nawaz Sharif to power in Pakistan, both the countries need to make serious efforts to turn a new leaf in their relations. “People of Kashmir are forced to bear the brunt of disruptions in Indo-Pak dialogue. Now the time has come when New Delhi and Islamabad should make serious efforts to turn a new leaf in their relations.
Reiterating his demand for implementation of half-way left out recommendations of the working groups constituted by the Prime Minister himself, Tarigami said people of Jammu and Kashmir have the right to know the fate of the recommendations of the Working Groups and Prime Minister must take the people of Kashmir into confidence about the measures taken to implement these recommendations.
With the Prime Minister’s proposed visit to Kashmir, the CPI (M) State Secretary said expectations are running high among the people that Dr Singh will announce some major Kashmir-specific initiatives.
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