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Kashmir
interlocutors meet PM, to submit interim reports
Thursday, October 21, 2010 04:37:50 PM,
IANS
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New Delhi:
The three new interlocutors on Jammu and Kashmir, who met Prime
Minister Manmohan Singh Thursday, said they will visit the state
once a month and will especially seek the opinion of "youths and
women".
"We are hugely impressed with the depth and sincerity of the prime
minister to ensure that a solution is found. We are planning to
visit Jammu and Kashmir once every month. We will be submitting
interim reports after every visit with suggestions and
recommendations," Dileep Padgaonkar, one of the interlocutors,
told reporters.
Although the team has a one-year mandate, it will submit
periodical reports after monthly visits to the state, said
journalist Padgaonkar. Academician Radha Kumar and former
information commissioner M.M. Ansari are the other interlocutors.
"The prime minister reiterated support at the highest level. He
said talk particularly with youth and women," Padgaonkar said.
Padgaonkar said talks to resolve the Kashmir crisis "may be
difficult". "But we will approach the talks with an open mind and
a big heart."
He said the team will go on its first visit to Kashmir soon. "We
will talk to people from all shades of opinion,"
Underlining that the "talks would be comprehensive", he said the
interlocutors will be sensitive to the divergent views of
representatives of the different regions of the state - Kashmir,
Jammu and Ladakh.
Radha Kumar said that Manmohan Singh told them to focus on a
political solution which is comprehensive.
"It must take into account the aspirations of people. Dialogue
should take into account previous dialogues as well those
involving dissident groups, including Pakistan-related processes
that were part of it," Radha Kumar said quoting the prime
minister's instructions.
The three interlocutors were appointed Oct 13 to speak to various
political groups and individuals in all the three regions of Jammu
and Kashmir to find a solution to the crisis. The team had met
Home Minister P. Chidambaram Tuesday.
At least 110 people have been killed in the ongoing unrest in
Kashmir that has seen protestors clashing with the security
forces.
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