Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, June 21: Reacting to Makhan Lal Fotedar’s statement, National Conference leader and MP Mehboob Beg today said that the former was creating confusion in the minds of people about the sincerity of Government of India to address political issues of Jammu and Kashmir in a political way.
The NC leader said that by echoing the view point of separatist that Government of India is buying time and deceiving people by initiating constitution of working groups and interlocutors team to address Kashmir issue, Makhan Lal Fotedar has also put the New Delhi in a piquant situation where people of Jammu and Kashmir would question its seriousness regarding addressing political issues of the State.
“The statement of Fotedar, a member of Congress Working Committee, about the formation of Working Groups, Chidambaram’s statement and appointment of interlocutors has very serious ramifications. Fotedar’s claim that all these initiatives were aimed at ‘damage control’, has put a huge question mark on the sincerity of the Union Government towards finding a peaceful resolution to the Kashmir issue,” Mr Beg said.
Maintaining that the Working Groups were constituted to address both development and political aspirations of the people of J&K, the NC MP said that Fotedar’s statement finds no basis as Justice Saghir Ahmed WG was constituted to suggest peaceful political solution to Kashmir issue.
“We standby our word for restoration of autonomy. Indira-Sheikh Accord was a move forward in this direction which was unfortunately sabotaged by the elements in the then Congress like Fotedars and Mufti’s, he said adding that the legal documents of restoration of Autonomy has been approved and passed by the State Legislature which is a historic fact and a pending issue with the Government of India for which National Conference would continue to endeavour.
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