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Talks are bound to fail till gravity of Kashmir is agreed: Syed Ali Shah Geelani

Earlier in the day, the Hurriyat Conference had accused the Centre of trying to mislead the people of the country.

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Three days after rebuffing outreach attempt by a group of MPs, hardline Hurriyat Conference Chairman Syed Ali Shah Geelani on Wednesday said talks with New Delhi are bound to fail till the "gravity and intensity" of the Kashmir issue is agreed upon.

"We have a clear and simple stand that unless the gravity and intensity of the Kashmir issue is not agreed upon, any negotiations or talks are bound to fail. People have met, had photo shoot, then a cup of tea for so many decades but our bloodshed did not stop," Geelani said.

Congress accused BJP of "fooling" the people of Kashmir on the issue of holding talks with separatists, saying it had already agreed on talking to Hurriyat under its agenda of governance with PDP.

"PDP and BJP in their Common Minimum Programme clause no 9...said that we will talk to Hurriyat. But BJP says that we will not talk...So, whom are they fooling?" said party spokesman Ajoy Kumar. 

Kumar also targeted the Prime Minister for "schizophrenic" policy with regard to Pakistan and Kashmir.

Earlier in the day, Hurriyat Conference had issued a statement saying that the Centre was trying to mislead the people of India. 

"These tactics are aimed at fooling and misleading the people of India and creating hysteria so that the attention of the people of India is diverted from the actual issue on ground and they are kept ignorant about it. It comes as no surprise to the people of Kashmir who are exposed to the real face of the so-called 'world's largest democracy' everyday and bear its brunt. They know how low it can stoop and how vengeful it can get," said Hurriyat in a statement. 

The All Party Delegation (APD) that visited Jammu and Kashmir this week asked the Central and the state governments to take steps for a dialogue with "all stake holders" but asserted that there can be no compromises on the issue of national sovereignty.

Without making any reference to separatists including Hurriyat Conference, the statement asked the Central and state governments "to take steps for a dialogue with all stake holders". While some opposition leaders met Hurriyat Conference leaders lodged in various sub jails, hardliner Syed Ali Shah Geelani refused to meet them.

(With PTI inputs)

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