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| Chances of unity among separatists bleak | | | early times report
Jammu, Feb 21: With fresh cracks having surfaced within the separatist camp the chances for bringing about unity among various factions have become quite bleak.
Reports revealed that the moderates among the separatists have resented unilateral decision of Syed Ali Shah Geelani who heads hardline Hurriyat Conference, in announcing a fresh calendar on protest programme in the valley.
They said moderates believe that a long calendar for protest rallies and shutdown could cause series of difficulties for the people in the valley which could provoke them to ignore the call for shutdown.
Since the hardliners have sealed chances for reconciliation with the moderates their chief Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has decided to forge unity while staging protest rallies.
Supporters of Mirwaiz fear that Geelani's call for a prolonged protest rallies and shutdown could prove counter productive. And those connected with tourism too fear that tourist traffic to Kashmir, which is set to start from April, May be hit hard in case Geelani and his supporters initiated measures for evoking full response to the call for shutdown.
However, the Government has decided to deal firmly with all those who attempt at derailing peace. Already more than a 100 protesters have been arrested. It has decided that more be sent to jails in case it was required so that Geelani could hardly find teenagers to secure response to Geelani's call for shutdown.
In addition to this the Government plans to initiate people-friendly measures including making the budget proposals for the year 2013-2014 tax free and widening the job avenues for the educated unemployed youth. Also the Government has instructed intelligence and security agencies to coordinate their efforts for upgrading their surveillance against potential mischief mongers.
The Chief Minister Omar Abdullah has suggested to the Government of India to engage Islamabad in fresh process of dialogue which could divert Kashmir peoples' attention from Guru's execution to the growing ties between India and Pakistan.
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