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| Samiti opens doors to dialogue | | Pranab da’s team arriving Saturday, local extends invite | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Aug 7
Even as violent protests continued to rage across the region, the course of dialogue has started making some headway with Centeral Government naming the all-party delegation and the Shri Amarnath Yatra Sangharsh Samiti agreeing to engage in talks.
Meanwhile, the four-member panel appointed by the Governor NN Vohra to hold consultations with the Samiti today met to put its acts together and extended an invitation to the SAYSS. When contacted, the Samiti spokesman, Tilak Raj Sharma told EARLY TIMES, that they are ready for holding talks with the Central team as well as the Governor’s four-member panel. “We are not averse to any dialogue but they should be aware of the basic question that we are not for anything less than restoration of land to the Shrine Board”, Sharma said.
An official spokesman confirmed that an all party delegation headed by Minister for External Affairs, Mr. Pranab Mukherjee is visiting Jammu on Saturday to meet Shri Amarnath Yatra Sangharsh Samiti (SAYSS). The Union Home Minister, Mr. Shivraj Patil will also accompany the delegation.
Governor, N. N .Vohra said here this evening that the 4-member panel set up him last evening for carrying forward the dialogue process with the SAYSS, has formally invited the Samiti for talks.
Vohra hoped that the Samiti will come forward for the meaningful dialogue so that the peace and normalcy in Jammu is restored and inconvenience being caused to the people due to the 37-day long agitation brought to an end. He said, he is very much concerned over the situation and urged the Samiti to respond positively to the offer of dialogue. He said even the all party meeting chaired by the Prime Minister yesterday has made a fervent appeal for peace, communal harmony and dialogue to resolve the issue.
The Governor said that he has selected three prominent personalities of Jammu besides Chief Executive Officer, SASB for the panel to carry forward the dialogue with SAYSS. The noted personalities are former Chief Secretary, Dr. Sudhir. S. Bloeria, retired Judge of the J&K High Court, Mr. Justice G. D. Sharma and Vice Chancellor, Jammu University, Prof Amitabh Mattoo. He hoped that the dialogue would lead to resolution of the issue at the earliest.
The Governor made it abundantly clear that there was no economic blockade in the state and if at all there was any problem on account of movement of traffic, it was mainly due to disruption of traffic on the highway and not due to any blockade. He said after he had spoken to Punjab Chief Minister, S. Prakash Singh Badal twice and other interventions at different levels, the problem of movement of trucks carrying supplies passing through Punjab has been removed and the trucks are now plying smoothly even during day time also. He said no body will be allowed to damage the railway track or hamper free movement of supplies to various parts of the state and for the purpose, all possible surveillance of the highway and the railway track will be ensured.
The Governor made a special mention about the inconvenience caused to the people of Jammu due to damage to Gladni Grid Station and said that work on installation of the transformer procured from Patna has begun on war footing. He said, he has ordered the department for restoration of the grid station before the Independence Day. Earlier, the Governor reviewed the law and order situation in the region at a high level meeting. |
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