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SRINAGAR, Sept 22: Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed has called for strengthening the forces of moderation and non violence in Jammu and Kashmir in the overall interest of peace in the subcontinent.
Speaking at a meeting of workers here today, he said, this was imperative in view of growing atmosphere of violence in the subcontinent and beyond.
"Kashmir should not be allowed to slide back into a whirlpool of violence simply for inability to respond to the new situation of opportunity thrown up by the return of political movement here into a non violent mode", Sayeed said.
"The reiteration of peaceful approach by Kashmiris", he said, should be recognized as their strength and added that unfortunately in the past it had been misconstrued as their weakness leading to severe distortions in our relationship with the federation. "That would never again be allowed by the people, as was demonstrated by recent events", he asserted
Mufti said the vicious bomb attacks in New Delhi and Islamabad which caused scores of innocent deaths need to be seen in the larger perspective of Kashmir having decisively rejected violence as a tool of political emancipation. That, he said is necessary because the State has historically been viewed as the ground zero of political instability in post independence subcontinent.
Paying tributes to the civilizational value system of Kashmir, Mufti said that it was this strength that had inspired Kashmir to show the way to the subcontinent yet again even though its own body remained mired in pain and agony. "And, this glowing reality of Kashmir needs not just to be acknowledged by the people and governments of two countries but respected and responded to", he asserted. |
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