Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, July 14: While flaying the State Government for its complete failure to control the situation in Kashmir, Peoples Democratic Front (PDF) president and MLA Khansahib Hakim Mohammad Yasin today said that cosmetic steps taken by successive State and Centre Governments to bring peace in the State have yielded no results as those were always half hearted attempts.
In a statement to press today Hakim Yasin said, “The situation is turning from bad to worse. There is acute shortage of essential commodities especially medicines in the Valley. It is duty of the Government to bring the people out of the mess. However, so far the Government has failed in its duty as its appeal to contain protests has yielded no results.”
The PDF chief said unless the root cause of the problem, which is Kashmir issue, is resolved the situation won’t improve. “Apparently, the situation may improve for some time with cosmetic measures but in the long run, unless Kashmir problem is addressed according to the aspirations of its people, the present situation will re-occur again and again,” he warned.
The MLA Khansahib said that every time there is a problem in Kashmir, Centre appoints some committee to look into the grievances of the people. “However, be it the report of interlocutors appointed after 2010 unrest, or working groups report, the Centre never takes anything to its logical conclusion which is unfortunate. The cosmetic exercises won’t yield any results,” he said.
Asking PDP led Government to immediately initiate a dialogue with separatists, the PDF chief said, “It was PDP that used to say ‘baat banegi boli se, na ki goli se’. There is a strong Government in the Centre of which PDP is a partner. When in opposition, PDP leadership used to say Kashmir is a core issue and needs to be addressed according to the aspirations of Kashmiris.”
“Now, it is the time for PDP to address the core issue of Kashmir which can decrease the violence. If it (Kashmir) isn’t solved the uncertainty will increase and so will violence and killings. People are feeling insecure due to unnecessary killings and it is the duty of the Government to instill confidence among the people,” he said.
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