SRINAGAR Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti on Saturday welcomed Home Minister Rajnath Singhs statement that the government was ready to talk to Hurriyat Conference and also Pakistan if they are open for dialogue.
She said that a peaceful engagement is needed urgently to pull J&K out of the cycle of violence. She appealed to the Hurriyat Conference to “display maturity and show responsibility towards people.
Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti in a statement described the Home Ministers assertion as a welcome step to initiate dialogue and reconciliation in the Valley.
She said, Given the positive outcome of the ceasefire during the month of Ramazan, the peace constituency in the country and the state should feel encouraged to start the much-needed process of peaceful engagement with all.”
The Chief Minister hoped that parties and groups like the Hurriyat Conference will seize the opportunity and show their responsibility towards the people of the state.
She said that she has reiterated time and again that dialogue is the only way forward for resolving issues.
The Hurriyat Conference or their leaders have not reacted to the Home Ministers statement, so far.
However, a senior Hurriyat Conference leader and former chairman of Hurriyat Conference alliance, Professor Abdul Gani Butt, while addressing a rally in Handwara area of the Valley on May 22, said that there was no alternative to dialogue to resolve the issue of Kashmir.
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