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Early Times Report
Jammu, Feb 24: The fifth visit of New Delhi’s nominated interlocutors on Jammu Kashmir is about to conclude. The team of interlocutors led by veteran journalist, Dileep Padgoanker will address a press conference in the summer capital Saturday. And that is it. Will anything change after that? The question haunts Kashmiris.
Frankly speaking, the interlocutors have not met people who matter in contemporary Kashmir yet. They have met National Conference leaders and the opposition parties at Jammu and Srinagar. Strangely enough most of the mainstream parties do not expect anything positive from them. On the contrary they have severely opposed and criticized the interlocutors.
The BJP has been opposing the very process from the day first. Similarly the Panthers Party has not shown any optimism. The team of interlocutors has met journalists, civil society actors and social workers. Such people make no difference although some of them have been participating in conferences and debates with enthusiasm for the past one decade.
Realizing this, the interlocutors have decided to include Syed Ali Geelani’s five points and Mirwaiz Umer Farooq’s four points in their latest report for obvious reasons.
Padgoanker was thrilled during his first meeting with the detained militants in Srinagar Central jail. According to him, they have a roadmap for Kashmir resolution. Padgoanker also promised them a detailed discussion. Although Kashmir has changed to the extent that Hizbul Mujahideen and Syed Ali Geelani himself cannot afford to take liberties yet the detained militants command a fair amount of respect in Kashmir. Meeting them, therefore, can make the exercise a bit meaningful.
And Padgoanker must know that the detained militants are `important’ as long as they are in jail. After their release most of them retire from politics to worry for their bread and butter. According to a renowned Valley based psychiatrist, detained militants are always in high spirits. They discuss future strategy in the jail and also make road maps for Kashmir settlement. But once they come out, they find no takers for their `hard work’. They find it very difficult to make an impact.
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