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| Omar Abdullah, Soz agree and disagree at the same time | | Invitation to Pak PM | | Neha
JAMMU, May 24: The decision of New Delhi to invite the heads of SAARC states for Prime Minister-designate Narendra Modi's swearing-in ceremony on May 26 has virtually brought NC working president and Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Omar Abdullah and JKPCC president Saif-ud-Din Soz's son Salman Soz, who is also one of the Congress national spokespersons, face to face with each other. Omar Abdullah has criticized the BJP for its pre-poll stand on Pakistan and UPA Government's foreign policy vis-a-vis Pakistan and at the same time supported the New Delhi's decision to invite Pakistan Prime Minister Mian Nawaz Sharif for the swearing-in ceremony. He has expressed the view that this gesture of the new Government in Delhi would go a long way in harmonizing India-Pakistan relations and resolving the so-called Kashmir issue. He has said that Jammu and Kashmir is an integral part of India and that the only issue which still remains unresolved between the two nations is the political future of the Jammu and Kashmir territories (PoJK and Gilgit-Baltistan) which have been under the illegal occupation of Pakistan since 1947-1948. In fact, he has spoken the language of APHC chairman Mirwaiz Umar Farooq.
Salman Soz, who spoke on the issue on Friday during a TV debate on the Indian invitation to the Pakistani Prime Minister, like Omar Abdullah, also hailed the decision, but said that it should be taken just as a simple invitation and nothing more should be read into it. At the same time, he expressed the view that it would not be desirable if there are substantive talks between Nawaz Sharif and Narendra Modi during the former's visit to New Delhi on May 26. He said there was no question of any substantive talks between the two Prime Ministers at this point in time. He even went to the extent of suggesting that until and unless Pakistan takes action against the perpetrators of the Mumbai 26/11 terror attacks and stops cross border terrorism there cannot be any dialogue with Pakistan. In a way, he said terror and talks could not go together - a line which Narendra Modi and the BJP have been pursuing since many years now. Only a few days ago, Narendra Modi reiterated that terror and talks could not go together.
All this shows that the NC and the Congress are not one as far as their approach towards Pakistan is concerned. It's unbelievable but it has happened. Indeed, the stand of the Congress is appreciable. |
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