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| Divided Hurriyat mulls over dialogue move | | | EARLY TIMES REPORT
SRINAGAR, NOV 20: Leaders of the moderate faction of Jammu and Kashmir's separatist Hurriyat Conference are divided over the efficacy of the 'quiet' talks with the Central Government.
The executive meeting of the moderate Hurriyat group, led by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, ended late Thursday evening without reaching any consensus on the proposed resumption of talks with New Delhi.
Although the executive members said they would be meeting again on Monday to continue the deliberations before committing themselves to the talks. Sources in the Hurriyat Conference said differences had arisen over how effectiveness of the "quiet diplomacy".
Hurriyat insiders said Shabir Shah of the Democratic Freedom Party, an important constituent of the grouping, had pleaded for working out an understanding between the moderate Hurriyat headed by the Mirwaiz and the breakaway group headed by Syed Ali Geelani before restarting the dialogue with New Delhi.
"It was thoroughly debated in the executive meeting whether the proposed dialogue should be held away from the media glare. The composition of the team for the proposed visit to Pakistan on Nov 28 was also discussed, but no final decision was taken," added another leader.
The Mirwaiz told reporters that the Hurriyat is in no hurry and was trying to take everybody on board for the resolution of the Kashmir dispute.
The "quiet talks and quiet diplomacy" initiative was taken by Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Home Minister P. Chidambaram. The latter has earlier said the new political initiative in Kashmir by the government was "quiet as opposed to photo op, and quiet as opposed to in the full glare of the media".
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