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| Join talks or get isolated: Pillai’s to separatists | | |
New Delhi, April 10 : The Union Home Secretary has clearly conveyed to the separatists to join the dialogue process or get isolated.
The separatists have refused to talk to New Delhi’s nominated interlocutors appointed last year in wake of violent protests that left 117 persons dead.
Pillai said militancy was down and the government had no plans to invite the militant leadership for talks. “However, they can become a part of the process if they give up arms”, he said.
‘If (he) Salahudin wants to come and talk, he is welcome if he gives up violence. We are not saying no to anybody. He has to come here and talk. Nobody is going there to talk to him,’ he said. Asked why the government was reluctant to take militant leaders onboard the peace process, Pillai said: ‘There are less than a hundred local militants (in Kashmir). Nobody would even talk to them. They don’t represent anybody.’
Pillai said the interlocutors will submit their final report after assembly elections. “Once the report is submitted, the government will seek all shades of opinion including those of the separatists”, he said.
We will call them (separatists) also. It is up to them to come. They may not come and that is their choice. We will call all the groups,’ the home secretary said.
He said the state and central governments are taking suggestions of the interlocutors ‘seriously and are implementing the recommendations’.Asked if any separatist leader met the interlocutors secretly, Pillai said: ‘We will get to know who they (interlocutors) met, formally or informally, when they submit their report.’
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