Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said that former PM Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s formula is the way forward to resolve the Kashmir issue and that the coalition between Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) was a ‘Mahamilawat’ (mixture) of oil and water.
“Atal Ji formula of Insaniyat, Kashmiriyat and Jamhooriyatis the only way forward,” PM Modi said on the sidelines of his Varanasi roadshow on Thursday.
He said that few families in Kashmir say one thing to peoplein New Delhi and when they go back to Kashmir they say another thing to peoplethere. “A handful of families who say one thing in New Delhi and other inKashmir need to come out of the hypocrisy,” Modi said.
The prime minister also referred to the coalition betweenPDP-BJP as a ‘Mahamilawat’ (mixture).
“A handful of people have blackmailed the people of Kashmir.When we were with Mufti Sahab, we thought that we will come out of it. But thatwas our Mahamilawat like mixture of oil and water,” Modi said.
He said that both the parties agreed to come togetherdespite different ideologies. “The mandate was such that we had to forge analliance. However, we left the alliance for democracy. We wanted to have thePanchayat elections in the state,” the prime minister said.
Reiterating that Modi does not want advice on the issue ofKashmir, the prime minister said that he has been to many parts of the state inthe past so understands the state well.
“I already have an understating on Kashmir. There was noneed for me to be in power for five years to understand Kashmir. In the past, Ihave been to Kashmir many times and know people and the areas there,” Modisaid.
The prime minister had also snubbed the former two-timechief minister and the veteran politician of the State of Jammu and Kashmirlate Mufti Muhammad Sayeed at a public rally in 2015 saying that ‘he (Modi)does not need advice of anyone on Kashmir’.