Srinagar, Apr 17: Jammu and Kashmir Awami National Conference president Begum Khalida Shah today said the New Delhi appointed interlocutors had in their report skirted the real problem of Kashmir issue and touched only the historical events of 1952 and 1953. 
 “Though the report submitted by the interlocutors has not been made public but different sources have divulged that the interlocutors have ignored the historical aspect of Kashmir issue and have instead hovered around 1952 1953 events and opened fresh wounds that followed the events of 1953,” said Begum Khalida in a statement today.
 She expressed her dismay over “the ignorance of the events and historical background of the Kashmir issue.”
 “On August 15 1947, when the subcontinent was divided, the National Conference leadership was in jail in pursuit of Quit Kashmir. Sheikh Muhammad Abdullah was released on September 29, 1947. The Interlocutors should go through the Delhi Agreement of 1952 and then take into cognizance the public outcry that followed the unfortunate event of August 1953, its ramifications and introduction of different laws that went contrary to the spirit of Delhi Agreement of 1952.”
 “We fail to understand why the Interlocutors have chosen to hover around the events of 1952 and 1953, after wasting enormous time and money. The report is against the restoration of pre- 53 position and the interlocutors have unknowingly opposed late Pandit Jawahar Lal Nehru, who ordained this position amidst the people of the State at the historical Lal Chowk where he promised a bright future and all dreams come true for the people of the State,” she said.
 “Unfortunately this dream has fallen apart and the entire nation country has witnessed the disastrous consequences of enactment of different laws post 53. Revocation of all such laws shall be no favour to the people of the State, while it will reduce the defense expenditure of the central government,” she said. 

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