‘Reviving confidence building, resolution process only way forward’
Srinagar: Hitting out at former special director of the Intelligence Bureau (IB) A S Dulat for laying several allegations on Kashmiri leaders in his book, ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) today alleged that people like him are responsible for sabotaging the Confidence Building Process and demeaning Kashmir talks.
However, the PDP welcomed Dulat’s assertion that returning to Vajpayee’s policy of reconciliation on Kashmir is the only way forward. “By naming in his book ‘Kashmir – The Vajpayee Years’ the Kashmiri leaders who came forward for talks, at some point in time, to help resolve the tangled Kashmir issue, Mr Dulat has tried to project them not as facilitators but as collaborators, thus impeding the very resolution process instead of helping it,” PDP Chief Spokesperson Mehboob Beg said.
Mr Beg said the irony is that Mr Dulat has named and projected in his book leaders from, both the separatist and mainstream camps, in a way, as if they were acting like agents of New Delhi and not as genuine political voices from Kashmir.
“If the likes of Mr Dulat are blaming the local politicians for the mess in Kashmir, he and his ilk in Delhi are equally to be blamed for adding to the muddle for their own vested interests,” the PDP chief spokesperson said.
Mr Beg said ironically, the former union home minister P Chidambaram, who has today become a votary of reconciliation in Kashmir, is known for his alleged dictatorial and hawkish approach during 2010 unrest.
“If the Government of India would have taken some concrete confidence building measures after 2010 unrest in Kashmir, the situation would have not reached such an impasse,” he said and added that it is the time that the politicians and policy makers shun their personal and political expediencies and reach out to the people in Jammu and Kashmir to find a way out of the present morass.
“What Kashmir and Kashmiris want today is not rhetorical and hypothetical statements, but tangible confidence measures to address their genuine concerns and find a way out of the present imbroglio,” he said.
“The onus lies on all to help facilitate peaceful resolution of the problems confronting Jammu and Kashmir through a sustained and result-oriented dialogue process both on internal and external fronts,” he added.
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