Indian Press from New Delhi
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has summoned the leaders of pro-India political parties in occupied Kashmir to New Delhi on June 24 for talks.
On August 5, 2019, Kashmiri leaders will have their first meeting with Modi after ending the special status of Jammu and Kashmir.
The meeting will also be attended by Indian Home Minister Amit Shah and Indian ministers. The Indian government has started the process of inviting National Conference leader Farooq Abdullah, PDP president Mehbooba Mufti, Jammu and Kashmir’s Altaf Bukhari of his party and Sajjad Lone of the People’s Conference.
Mufti said on Friday night that she had received a call from New Delhi for a meeting on June 24.
“I have not decided yet,” he said. I will take the final decision only after talking to the members of my party. Came into being after decisions.
Altaf Bazari had founded his party after meeting Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi after the end of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status. Altaf Bazari welcomed the June 24 meeting and announced his participation.
It may be recalled that the Indian government wants to allay the reservations of angry pro-India parties for resuming the electoral process in Kashmir.
According to KPI, the National Conference, People’s Democratic Party, People’s Conference and seven-party alliance, Gupkar Alliance or PAGD have hinted at joining the talks to help restore the special status of Jammu and Kashmir. ۔
The National Conference has said that it may join the demarcation process. In June 2018, after the BJP broke alliance with the PDP’s Mehbooba Mufti, President Raj was in power in Jammu and Kashmir happened.
The special constitutional status of Jammu and Kashmir was abolished in August 2019. It was expected that state elections would be held in 2019 along with the general elections. But the Election Commission rejected it, citing an administrative report that said there was a security risk in holding the election.
Patron of the National Conference and head of the Gupkar Alliance, Farooq Abdullah, said he was not against negotiations.
The coalition, which was formed in August last year, has been inactive for more than six months due to internal differences, but last Wednesday, Farooq Abdullah met People’s Democratic Party chief Mehbooba Mufti at her home and met her and the Gupkar Alliance. Talked to other of members.
Possible talks with Kashmiri leaders have been hinted at in a US congressional hearing in which a senior Biden administration official said the United States was urging the Indian government to take electoral action in Kashmir. According to the Indian newspaper, Kashmiri leaders will be consulted for holding assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir.
