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No
irresponsible criticism please: Cong to the critics of Kashmir
Interlocutors
Thursday, October 21, 2010 10:43:34 PM, IANS
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New Delhi:
The Congress said Monday that political parties or other groups
should not resort to "irresponsible criticism" of the Kashmir
interlocutors "who were doing a sensitive job in national
interest".
Congress spokesman Shakeel Ahmed told reporters that the recent
criticism of the interlocutors by some political leaders would
"dampen the morale" of the team that had just "begun a delicate
and sensitive job".
Ahmed's remarks come on the heels of criticism of the
interlocutors by Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) spokesperson Nirmala
Sitharaman who accused one interlocutor, Dileep Pagaonkar, of
"overstepping" his brief.
Sitharaman had criticised a statement by Padgaonkar in Srinagar
Saturday that "Pakistan should be involved for a permanent
solution of the Kashmir issue".
Asked whether the interlocutors were speaking against the declared
national policies, Ahmed said there was no dilution of the stand
that "Kashmir is an integral part of India".
The central government had Oct 13 appointed three interlocutors -
journalist Dileep Padgaonkar, academic Radha Kumar and Information
Commissioner M.M. Ansari - to meet representatives of "various
shades of opinion" in Jammu and Kashmir and suggest ways to defuse
the dragging crisis in the violence-hit state.
At least 110 people were killed, mostly in firing by security
forces on violent street protesters, in Kashmir Valley since June
11.
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