Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold talks with all political parties on the Kashmir unrest, Home Minister Rajnath Singh informed the Rajya Sabha. The House passed a unanimous resolution appealing to the people of the Kashmir Valley to restore peace and harmony, adding that there “cannot be any compromise on national security.”
“We are discussing the Kashmir issue for the fourth time. The Prime Minister should come. He chose Madhya Pradesh to speak on Kashmir. He did not come to this House. Since when has Madhya Pradesh become the capital of the country? We know that he sits in his room in Parliament from morning to evening,” Mr. Azad said.
Taking a dig at the Prime Minister, Mr. Azad said, “He tweets if something happens in Africa. Even if something happens in our enemy country, Pakistan, he issues condemnation, when the Crown of India is on fire, shouldn’t you feel the heat?”
Mr. Singh said the government is ready to have talks with mainstream parties, moderates and others. “We are ready. I will ask the Chief Minister where to start the process and with whom to talk,” he said. “Whatever is happening in Kashmir is not because of the people there. Whatever is happening is Pakistan-sponsored,” he said.
“A number of princely States had become a part of India under Sardar Patel but Kashmir was handled by Pt. Jawaharlal Nehru. Had Nehru waited for a few more days before going to the UN Security Council when Indian forces were repulsing Pakistan army-backed raiders from what is now Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, these areas would have been with India,” Ramgopal Yadav of the SP said.
By Premji
