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| Any solution to Kashmir should be within territorial integrity: Jaitley | | | London | June 27
The issue of cross border terrorism must be addressed to find a "pragmatic" solution to the Kashmir issue, the opposition BJP has said as leaders from India and Pakistan favoured making the border "irrelevant" to promote people-to-people contacts and discard the "mistrust".
"Ultimately if we are to look at Kashmir, we have to address issues of terrorism and cross-border terrorism," Arun Jaitley, former Law Minister and BJP General Secretary said while speaking on "Kashmir: Melting The Snows, Reinventing The Imagination" at the two-day conference on Indo-Pak relations organised by Tehelka, an Indian media house.
"We have to be pragmatic in finding a solution to Kashmir," Jaitley said under Article 370, J-K has almost all powers, leaving a few with the Centre.
"I have no differences on the issue of having dialogue but any solution will have to be within the territorial integrity of India," Jaitley said and drew attention to the plight of Kashmir Pandits languishing in camps in Jammu.
Congress spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi suggested making the border irrelevant "as far as feasible and find a holistic solution which is inclusive and implementable".
Singhvi said reducing the defence budget and allocating the funds released for welfare purposes will send a strong message.
He said "within the existing sovereignty," efforts should be made to make the region borderless as in Europe. "Line of Control (LOC) has stood the test of time," the MP said adding "at worst cold peace is better than cold war." Pakistan's former premier Nawaz Sharif favoured liberalising visa system and unilaterally releasing innocent civilians including fishermen locked up in each other's jails. |
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