EARLY TIMES REPORT
JAMMU, July 30: Reiterating his resolve to carry forward the mission of ending State's political and economic despair, patron of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Mufti Mohammad Sayeed today said that his party has a pragmatic roadmap for the resolution of Kashmir problem by involving all stakeholders including India, Pakistan and people of Jammu and Kashmir.
"We will take our agenda to the all parts of the country to convince the countermen to accept PDP's practical roadmap for restoring lasting peace in Jammu and Kashmir", Mufti said while addressing a function organized in connection with the foundation day of the party here today. He said that PDP's roadmap was the viable, credible and pragmatic solution for addressing internal and external dimensions of Kashmir problem. Mufti reminded the gathering that PDP's peace and reconciliatory policies were appreciated and endorsed by the successive governments at New Delhi.
"PDP has shown in the past that it can facilitate the resolution process with prudence, and it is ready to shoulder the responsibility of taking the process to its logical conclusion" he asserted and reminded the people that it was all due to the efforts of PDP that residents of border areas were living peaceful life." While quoting the Common Minimum Programme (CMP) which was formed after PDP-Congress had entered into alliance in 2002, Mufti said that his party never compromised its pro-peace agenda for the power. "The goal of the coalition government is to heal the physical, psychological and emotional wounds inflicted by the fourteen years of militancy, to restore the rule of law in Jammu and Kashmir, to request
the Government of India to initiate and hold sincere and serious, wide ranging consultations and dialogue, without conditions with the members of the legislature and other segments of public opinion in all the three regions of the State, to evolve a broad based consensus on restoration of peace", he said Sayeed said while power is no consideration for PDP, but governance is a serious issue. "PDP led coalition regime had set an example of good governance by establishing accountability and transparency in the system." Tarlok Singh Bajwa, Thakur Balbir Singh, Rafiq Hussain Khan, Zulfikar Ali, Ved Mahajan, Daman Bhasin, Fallail Singh, Surinder Choudhary Rashid Malik, Rafiq Malik and others also spoke on the occasion. |
