Jammu and Kashmir National Conference Friday said the result-oriented dialogue between India and Pakistan “is the only way to resolve the Kashmir issue”.
In a statement issued from party headquarters Nawa-E-Subah,here, NC Additional General Secretary Dr. Sheikh Mustafa Kamal said the issueof Jammu and Kashmir “is not a consequence of lack of development rather theissue is political in nature.”
“The issue has held hostage the development of thesubcontinent. Our party has all along maintained that the dialogue between thetwo nations offers a way out,” he said.
Kamal said, “The issue of J&K has been lingering since1947. How long shall our people suffer? No sooner did we impress for apolitical solution than we are outright tainted anti-national. This has tostop. The government has to see what holds right for the greater good of thecountry and the subcontinent at large.
“The BJP led government at the centre is using Kashmir toleverage its poll prospects elsewhere in the country, which is bound to haveserious ramifications for the country’s unity and integrity.
“During its stint in power, the BJP has only amplified thehate against minorities particularly Muslims. This is not the idea of Indiawhich was visualized by the founders of a modern day India nation-state; theyvisualized a secular, progressive country shorn of all prejudices and hate.
“PM Modi has not a speck of affection for the minorities.The other day when a Hindu police officer lost his life while saving a Muslimman from the mob frenzy of communalists, PM Modi didn’t come up with a word ofhomage and accolade for the slain police officer.”
Kamal while flaying PM Modi for “creating a humanitariancrisis in Kashmir” by banning civilian traffic on the national highway two daysa week, said, “There was a marked difference in the security scenario of thestate. However, what good was accomplished in the state suffered a setbackduring the reign of former BJP-PDP led coalition government.
“People still remember how painstakingly Dr. Farooq Abdullahled government made government of India under the then BJP-led NDA to haveparleys with militants and other sections of the society. However, what goodwas achieved in successive NC led governments in terms of peace andrapprochement was put into a chasm by BJP and PDP (sic),” he said.
He said the state suffered substantial attacks on itsspecial status during the stint of former BJP-PDP coalition government. “TheGST bill we have been resisting was implanted by her only. The new tax regimehas affected hoteliers, taxi drivers, craftsmen, and other marginal traders,”he said.
He said, “There has been steep increase in the price ofcooking gas cylinders; poor families find it very difficult to refill thecylinders. How can PDP protect our special status when it was the same partythat destroyed the financial autonomy of our state?” he asked.