Dialogue holds key to lasting peace in J&K: NC

National Conference General Secretary, Ali Muhammed Sagar, Thursday urged the Centre to open up channels of dialogue with all the stakeholders for resolving internal and external dimensions of Jammu and Kashmir imbroglio, saying it is imperative for lasting peace.

“Jammu and Kashmir is a political problem and it has to beresolved politically,” Sagar said while addressing workers and functionaries ata day-long convention here.

   

Hoping that a meaningful dialogue will be initiatedearnestly, he said the urges and aspiration of the people are to be respected,which includes respecting the special status of the state as well.

“Jammu and Kashmir should not be treated as any other state,given its unique position in the Indian Constitution. Any attempt of dilutingthis status will be detrimental to national interest,” he cautioned.

“The people of all the three regions and faiths aregenuinely concerned at the attempts being made to generate regional divide andengineer communal polarization for ulterior political motives,” he claimed.

Additional General Secretary, Dr Sheikh Mustafa Kamaal,said, “Instead of respecting the sentiments of the people by undoing the wrongscommitted over the decades, attempts are being made to further alienate thepeople.”

Addressing the convention, Provincial President, DevenderSingh Rana, reiterated the principle stand of National Conference to uphold thepluralistic and secular ethos of the state.

“People of Jammu and Kashmir have kept the flag of amity andbrotherhood aloft during most testing times and will do so in the future aswell,” Rana said.

District President Doda Khalid Najeeb Suharwardhy,Provincial President Youth National Conference Ajaz Jan, Mehboob Iqbal, SheikhAbdul Rehman, Qazi Jalal-ud-Din, Dr Shahid Rehman Moghul, Abdul Qayoom Bhagwan,Choudhary Shabir Ganie, Rafiq Ahmed Shah, Irshad Laway, Ashraf Kelu, ShowkatMalik, Arif Najar and Ayub Najar, among others also spoke on the occasion.

Meanwhile, State Secretary of National Conference, SurjeetSingh Slathia, claimed that National Conference alone can steer Jammu andKashmir to peace and prosperity.

Addressing Sarpanchs and Panchs at Bari Brahmana, Slathiasaid that political uncertainty during the past over four years has pushed thestate backwards. “The people are now realizing the need for a strong and stablegovernment that can take care of the state’s multiple problems. The recentnightmarish era has exposed the politics of deceit and opportunism that gavenothing but miseries to the people,” he claimed.

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