Jaitley ‘misreading’ Kashmir situation: Soz

Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR,  Nov  23: Former PCC president Prof Saifuddin Soz has said that the senior BJP leader Arun Jaitley is once again ‘mis-reading’ the situation in Kashmir.
In a press statement here, veteran Congress leader  said that Hurriyat Conference has lost its influence in Kashmir. This kind of thinking is detrimental to the Union itself which has in recent times asserted that it wants to initiate a dialogue in Kashmir.
Soz remarked that Jaitley often speaks to impress the gallery. “Sometimes Jaitley issues statements, away from the Home Ministry’s perception on Kashmir and leaves further interpretation of his assertions to his junior colleague in the PMO. But, the latest statement of Jaitley  appears to be totally superficial as he knows it fully well that the use of force produces only a fragile and temporary situation of calm and ultimately, the turmoil erupts again,” Soz added.