NEW DELHI: Communist Party of India (Marxist) general secretary Sitaram Yechury today reiterated that for resolution of the vexed Kashmir issue talks should be held with both Hurriyat leaders and Pakistan.
Stating that the onus of acting immediately to regain trust in Jammu and Kashmir lay with the government, he denied reports that Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh warned of a crackdown on Kashmiri separatists, saying these were ”absolutely wrong”.
He was talking to reporters after an all-party meeting on Kashmir met here to discuss the future agenda in the light of the assessment of the situation in the state by an all-party delegation that visited the Valley on Sunday.
The Home Minister had yesterday briefed Prime Minister Narendra Modi of the outcome of the delegation that went there as part of efforts to bring peace to the trouble-torn State.
Mr Yechury had, along with two other MPs JD-U leader Sharad Yadav and AIMIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi, attempted to reach out to separatists but were rebuffed during the two-day delegation that visited Srinagar. The Left leader has been insisting that the Centre start unconditional talks with all Kashmir stakeholders. (agencies)
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