Mehboob Jeelani
Srinagar, April 26: As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh maintained silence over holding talks with separatists during his two day visit to Jammu region, Hurriyat (M) on Saturday asserted that talks between them and New Delhi have failed.
“Yes, I think the peace talks have failed literally,” senior Hurriyat (M) leader, Muhammad Azam Inqilabi told Rising Kashmir.
“India has not changed its stand vis-à-vis Kashmir and it continues to be rigid. Hurriyat tried to bring all the elements on one track with minimum demands like release of detainees and stopping the human rights violations. However, India continued to remain rigid and showed no flexibility,” Inqilabi said, “Talks proved futile and ended up in a fiasco.”
Senior Hurriyat (G) leader, Ashraf Sehrai said that the bilateral dialogue cannot lead to the resolution of the Kashmir dispute and termed Hurriyat (M)’s decision to hold a bilateral dialogue with New Delhi in 2004 as a “big mistake.”
“We had opposed these talks vehemently. History stands testimony to the fact that New Delhi has always backstabbed Kashmiris and it never has been sincere towards resolving the Kashmir issue,” Sehrai said,“ Mirwaiz Umar Farooq allowed the Indian leadership to exploit him to the best of their satisfaction.”
He said that Mirwaiz is a “kid”. “Before his first meeting with the then Prime Minister, I and Geelani Sahib met him twice with an intention to make him aware about the dirty tactics of India,” he added.
The Chairman of Islamic Students League, Shakeel Bakshi lashed out at both the factions of Hurriyat Conference. “Hurriyat Conference is a creation of the movement not the creator of the movement. All these parties are not the true representatives of Kashmiri people.”
Referring to the Hurriyat-New Delhi talks, Bakshi said that the agenda of 2004 talks was not genuine as the basic issue of Kashmir was shelved off.
“When there is no agenda behind any dialogue process then the question of its success or failure does not arise,” he said.
Srinagar, April 26: As Prime Minister Manmohan Singh maintained silence over holding talks with separatists during his two day visit to Jammu region, Hurriyat (M) on Saturday asserted that talks between them and New Delhi have failed.
“Yes, I think the peace talks have failed literally,” senior Hurriyat (M) leader, Muhammad Azam Inqilabi told Rising Kashmir.
“India has not changed its stand vis-à-vis Kashmir and it continues to be rigid. Hurriyat tried to bring all the elements on one track with minimum demands like release of detainees and stopping the human rights violations. However, India continued to remain rigid and showed no flexibility,” Inqilabi said, “Talks proved futile and ended up in a fiasco.”
Senior Hurriyat (G) leader, Ashraf Sehrai said that the bilateral dialogue cannot lead to the resolution of the Kashmir dispute and termed Hurriyat (M)’s decision to hold a bilateral dialogue with New Delhi in 2004 as a “big mistake.”
“We had opposed these talks vehemently. History stands testimony to the fact that New Delhi has always backstabbed Kashmiris and it never has been sincere towards resolving the Kashmir issue,” Sehrai said,“ Mirwaiz Umar Farooq allowed the Indian leadership to exploit him to the best of their satisfaction.”
He said that Mirwaiz is a “kid”. “Before his first meeting with the then Prime Minister, I and Geelani Sahib met him twice with an intention to make him aware about the dirty tactics of India,” he added.
The Chairman of Islamic Students League, Shakeel Bakshi lashed out at both the factions of Hurriyat Conference. “Hurriyat Conference is a creation of the movement not the creator of the movement. All these parties are not the true representatives of Kashmiri people.”
Referring to the Hurriyat-New Delhi talks, Bakshi said that the agenda of 2004 talks was not genuine as the basic issue of Kashmir was shelved off.
“When there is no agenda behind any dialogue process then the question of its success or failure does not arise,” he said.
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