Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 13: “Pakistan need to dismantle terror infrastructure from the land under its control in order to open vistas for any meaningful dialogue with India”, said Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo, senior BJP & KP leader, in charge Department of Political Feedback, BJP-J&K.
He was speaking in a Webinar organised by the Centre for Peace and Progress, in connection with the release of the much awaited book titled ‘In pursuit of peace: Improving Indo-Pak relations’. The book carries 50 articles on the topic of Indo-Pak relations contributed by well known public figures in India and Pakistan.
The 320 page book has been edited by O.P.Shah. Articles in the book have been contributed by Balbir Punj, NC president, Dr Farooq Abdullah, A.S.Dulat, Abdul Basit, Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo, A.M.Watali, Aga Syed Hassan Mosavi Al Safaivi, Ashok Bhan, Hamid Mir, Yashwant Sinha, Mani Shanker Aiyar, Syed Nazir Gilani, Qazi Ashraf, M.M.Ansari, Ramesh Dixit, Salim Engineer, Salman Khurshid, Satinder K Lambah, Ved Pratap Vaidik, Suneel Wattal, Talat Masood, Sudheendra Kulkarni, Mohd Hamid Ansari, Bilal Bashir Bhat and Anis Haroon.
While speaking in the Webinar, Balbir Punj said that the relations between India and Pakistan should not be dependent upon the whims and fancies of a few among the elite of the respective countries. India bashing by Pakistan can’t lead to an ideal scenario, he added.
Dr Farooq Abdullah said that the society and the Governments will have to come together to create a consensus in favour of good Indo-Pak relations. When all this madness of terror is going on in the Valley, Pakistan should behave sensibly. In such a scenario, it is the paramount duty of the society at large to respond to this situation and create a peaceful atmosphere between the two neighbouring countries. Talks have no alternative, he added.
Khursheed Mohd Qasuri was of the opinion that Vajpayee-time diplomacy between the two nations brought an atmosphere of peace and brotherhood between the two nations. Such an atmosphere is the need of the hour.
Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo made a presentation on the topic and maintained that it was always easy and also a fashion to criticize the Governments and administration for failures to curb terrorism. What needs to be acknowledged is that the State of Pakistan has been deeply involved in abetting and supporting the cross-border terrorism in J &K for the last more than three decades. Terrorism unfortunately had been Pakistan’s State policy and also an inseparable part of its foreign policy viz a viz India, he added.
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