Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, May 31: Vice president of Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mohd Sartaj Madni has said that resolution of Kashmir issue is an article of faith with the party and forms core of the vision of the its patron Mufti Mohmmad Syeed.
In a statement issued here Madni said that Mufti Mohmmad Syed earned good will across the borders for his ideas and agenda’s he set and struggled for to achieve and accomplish this objective. He had strong faith that neither war nor any mechinations were any substitute to dialogue and reconciliation to achieve this goal.
Referring to various statements coming from no less the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh and other important leaders in Union Government reflected in various statements on the issue, he said that those who can feel pain of the people living in perpetual uncertainty and in an atmosphere of acrimony will acknowledge that resolution of the impending problem brooks no delay.
Madni said that Rajnath Singh’s statement that the Government was making efforts to resolve Kashmir issue at the earliest assumes significance and PDP which has forged alliance with BJP with a sincere desire to see the state wriggled out of agonizing instability, will see its objective accomplished if it happens sooner that later.
He said history is witness to the fact that PDP’s emergence as a political entity was necessitated by the urgency to give the suffering people the much needed relief and to set the stage for reconciliation and dialogue with all stake holders including Hurriyat and Pakistan. A new discourse started with “ Goli Nahi Boli”. The idea was ridiculed by the cynics and adversaries. But the party was vindicated as the vision of Mufti Mohmmad Syed stood the test of public scrutiny. The situation changed from dismay to hope and from darkness to light . The healing touch policy and dialogue at internal and external levels gained credence. A spell of reconciliation from 2002 to 2005 between India and Pakistan as also the reach out at local level through concern and actual healing showed the way.
Madni said now when the crisis is again on hands , voices of solution are bound to become thick which everyone will welcome. But there has to be clarity , both on approach as well as on the objective , like PDP did in past with a virtual consensus among the stake holders through healing touch and unambiguous understanding and urge to reach a resolution. PDP is in alliance with BJP on a clear agenda of peace and dialogue on Kashmir agreed by both, as part of its agenda since emergence. The party will follow this with fidelity and against all odds, he asserted.
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