Srinagar : Describing the statement of senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader L K Advani on Kashmir as provocative, Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman Mohammad Yaseen Malik said it was NDA government led by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee who wanted to resolve the Kashmir issue.
In a statement here this afternoon, Mr Malik reacting to Mr Advani's statement said that they wanted complete integration of the Jammu and Kashmir with India, was highly provocative. ''I want to remind Mr Advani that it was BJP led NDA government from 1998-2004 which was serious to resolve Kashmir issue,,' he said.
He said on January 2, 2001 then Prime Minister, Atal Bihari Vajpayee firmly committed to finding a durable solution to the issue. On that day Mr Vajpayee commented, '' We shall not traverse solely on the beaten track of the past rather we shall be bold and innovative designers of a future architecture of peace and prosperity of South Asian region:, Mr Malik said, adding we still awaits this type of exercise of political will and courage.
''Your party persisted in its attempts to open a peace process on Kashmir and despite Kargil you invited President Musharraf for the Agra Summit in 2001. It took two years more, but you were finally able to open a sustained peace process on Kashmir which started when you extended a historical handshake of friendship to Pakistan and Kashmiris in Srinagar, he said.
He said R K Mishra and then National Security Advisor (NSA), Brijesh Mishra, started a dialogue with United Hurriyat Conference in 2000. However, Mr Malik said unfortunately in the last two months BJP and its other hindu organisations led by Mr Advani has launched a sustained campaign against the resoluition of Kashmir issue.
''Mr Advani and other top leaders of BJP have now reached Jammu where they have launched campaign against Kashmiris,'' Mr Malik alleged and expressed the hope the BJP would push the present government for resolution of Kashmir issue.
''We had hopes that you would show statesmanship and push the present government to carry forward the process you had started, he said.'' ''Credit would have gone to you, if Kashmir would have been resolved as you were architects of the process. But your negative role after you lost power has created anger among Kashmiris. You have let down Kashmiris who had shown transition from violent movement to non-violence, Mr Malik added.
''At this time, the type of statements and signals you and your colleagues have given aren't conducive at all and would not help. I still hope you will rise against the pulls and pressures of domestic politics and play a role of statesman in South Asia,'' Mr Malik hoped.
(Courtesy : www.sahilonline.org)
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