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| PDP seeks PM’s ‘stamp’ on self rule | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | May 5
After revealing the self rule proposal, in bits and pieces, in Pakistan over a month ago, the Peoples Democratic Party today claimed to have shared the controversial proposal with the Prime Minister Dr Manmohan Singh.
Though the party did not place on record the response of the Prime Minister on self rule formula, but the PDP has claimed that the party president Mehbooba Mufti has explained the broader contours of the proposal with the Prime Minister.
According to an official communiqué of the party, Mehbooba Mufti today had a meeting with the Prime Minister in New Delhi to discuss the self rule. Elucidating on various aspects of the Self-Rule document, Ms Mufti told Dr Singh that it encompasses practical proposals for the resolution of the political, economic, internal and external dimensions of the issue of Jammu & Kashmir that could constitute the fundamentals of a comprehensive resolution package in tune with the global and ground realities. She said her party's Self-Rule proposal offers an inclusive solution that not only adequately accommodates the just concerns of all the regions and sub-regions of the State, but that of India and Pakistan as well.
Urging for tangible action on his recent assertion of making Jammu & Kashmir a bridge of cooperation between India and Pakistan, Ms Mufti told the Prime Minister that the people of Jammu & Kashmir have huge stakes in the consolidation and success of the peace and reconciliation process and they should not feel let down. "There are various quarters who are trying tooth and nail to sabotage the confidence building process in Jammu & Kashmir, but the country's political leadership has the onerous responsibility of vetoing the designs of the vested interests and give the much-needed final push to the peace process," she told Dr Singh.
Mufti said there should be simultaneous movement forward on the internal and cross-LoC confidence building measures to consolidate the gains of the peace process. "While on the internal front implementation of the recommendations of the Working Groups should be speeded up, on the external front there should be tangible movement forward on resumption of unhindered movement of people and goods through all the traditional cross-LoC routes," she said and added that only then can the peace process show the desired results.
The PDP President also took up with the Prime Minister the issue of withdrawal of incentives to the industry in Jammu & Kashmir and sought his intervention in continuing the same as the Central Government's decision in this regard has set a great blow to the budding industrial sector in the State.
The Prime Minister assured Ms Mufti that while the Union Government would work with renewed focus towards the implementation of the recommendations of the Working Groups, the issue of increased cross-LoC cooperation through exchange of people, ideas and goods in Jammu & Kashmir would remain central to the discussions with Pakistan during the upcoming Foreign Secretary level talks between the two countries. He also assured to look into the matter of the withdrawal of incentives to the industry in Jammu & Kashmir. |
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