♥ ♥ ♥ KLN ♥ ♥ ♥ Pro India groups welcome Mirwaizs remark on poll boycott Terming Kashmirs chief cleric Mirwaiz Umar Farooqs remark over poll boycott a welcome step, pro India parties in Jammu and Kashmir Thursday welcomed the Huriyat Conference strategy. National Conference senior leader Ali Mohammad Sagar said Hurriyat Conference (M) chairmans remark vindicates his ‘realistic’ approach towards Kashmir and that he always has been realistic about several other issues in the past as well. “We call it a good step that Mirwaiz has advocated the divorce of polls from Kashmir issue.” When asked about other pro freedom groups following Mirwaizs steps, the minister for rural development said that everyone has their opinion. “Who are we to advise them what should they do and what they should not, they have their own ideology and strategy. But what Mirwaiz has said is a welcome step.” Senior Congress leader Taj Mohidin said that the Huriyat Conference has finally realized that polls are vital for the development of the state. He further stated that the statement by Mirwaiz has come at the right time and that other pro-freedom parties should take lesson from the statement. “Geelani should follow the suits of Mirwaiz, we hope that others will realize it also.” Taj, who is minister for medical education, said Huriyat has finally talked ‘realism’ and that the statement is a good beginning. Terming Mirwaiz statement on poll boycott, a step ahead, Awami Mutahida Mahaz (AMM) said the remarks are welcome but solution to any issue lies in a democratic process and the same gets substantiated by the global experiences. In a statement issued here, a spokesman of AMM said that there can be ideological differences and different political viewpoints, but history bears testimony to the fact that importance of electoral process cannot be undermined as it has never diluted the importance of Kashmir problem. “AMM is of the firm belief that such forums which come into existence through electoral process are useful and can open-up avenues to discuss and debate such important issues.” The spokesman said that the need of the hour is that both mainstream as well as the voices of dissent should identify commonalities and common meeting grounds, while respecting and accommodating each others’ political point of view and thereby resulting concerns.
Posted on: Thu, 07 Nov 2013 15:44:23 +0000