Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 12: Expressing his grave concern about the continued uncertainty and unrest in Kashmir, chairman All Jammu and Kashmir Panchayat Conference, Shafiq Mir, has said that instead of writing “love letters” to separatist leaders, State Government should start serious dialogue between different mainstream political parties and different regions of the State to find out a consensus on the issue due to which the uncertainty prevailing in Jammu and Kashmir for the past nearly seven decades.
He was reacting over an open letter written by Jammu Kashmir Education Minister, Naeem Akhter to hardliner separatist leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Tuesday seeking his help for opening of Government schools and other educational institutions in the State. Mir said, such love letters have only given credibility to the separatist leaders.
In a statement Mir said that this is not first time when State Government has begged before separatist leaders to help in maintaining peace and law and order in the State. Not only the Ministers and party functionaries, even Chief Minister has also appealed many times to the separatist leaders and sought their help to continue on the chair which is disgusting and self explanatory that the Government has lost its authority and control over the State.
Mir said the Government must constitute a Kashmir dialogue Committee which will initiate discussion with all shades of society including, students, academicians , poets , trade union leaders and political parties and report and finding of this committee be discussed in the State Assembly to see the possible solution of the most vexed issue.
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