Onus of dialogue on J&K lies with Centre, says Gupkar alliance
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CPI(M) chief and Gupkar alliance spokesman M.Y. Tarigami on Saturday mentioned the onus of engagement and dialogue lay with the Centre and there needed to be a reputable agenda for it.
“Have we [J&K parties], together or separately, ever obstructed any dialogue since August 5, 2019 [when the Centre ended the special status]? In fact, on August 4, 2019, we appealed to the Prime Minister to provide us a chance to be heard but instead the leaders were placed in preventive custody. The onus of engagement and dialogue now lies with the government of India,” Mr. Tarigami mentioned, in an interview to The Puucho.
Mr. Tarigami, who can be a spokesman for the amalgam of 5 political events, mentioned nobody had approached the group to this point. “J&K has seen a major assault without consulting its political class, civil society, traders, etc. We remain a deprived lot,” he added.
Dropping broad hints at being open to interact New Delhi 22 months after the abrogation of J&K’s particular constitutional place, Mr. Tarigami mentioned, “It’s the Centre that obstructed the processes of debate, discussion and dialogue and it [the Centre] should come up with a credible agenda for engagement.”
In a veiled demand, Mr. Tarigami mentioned the Centre diminished J&K to a Union Territory and there was no hurt to revive the standing of statehood unilaterally. “Both the Prime Minister and the Home Minister had publicly promised to return statehood to J&K at an appropriate time,” he identified.
He mentioned it was unlucky to see Prime Minister Narendra Modi turning into adamant on Kashmir. “It does not suit the PM and his stature. He is the leader of the country and should hear and respond to people’s demands in the larger good of the country,” he added.
The Gupkar alliance this week held a gathering after over six months and mentioned the participation of the National Conference within the delimitation course of and interesting in a political course of.
Of late, there have been makes an attempt by the Centre to interact with J&K events and work in direction of the return of statehood and an early Assembly ballot.
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