Chidambaram for Dialogue with All Political Ideologues in J&K

Union Home Minister P Chidambaram has announced that the central government will convene a dialogue with people belonging to all sorts of political opinion to put together silhouettes of a resolution in Jammu and Kashmir. However, he has at the same time made it clear that the talks would take place away from the media glare.

“We will hold dialogue with every shade of political opinion in Jammu and Kashmir to find a solution in a civilised way. The dialogue will not be in full media glare. It will be a quiet dialogue. It will be through quiet diplomacy,” he said.

He gave the statement at a press conference in Srinagar while responding to a volley of queries on measures being taken by the government to solve the Kashmir issue.

The minister said that political parties like National Conference, PDP and Congress have a point of view and it would be the effort of government to convene talks with all shades of political opinion, including political groups peddling for separatism, to arrive at the contours of a political solution which may be unique.

Such a solution, he said, should be “honourable and acceptable” to the vast majority of the people in Jammu and Kashmir.