Mufti appeals to NDA to support govt on Kashmir issue

Calling for a consensus among various political parties for resolution of the Kashmir issue with Pakistan, PDP today appealed to the BJP-led NDA not to create hurdles but support the new efforts of the Central government.
    
"There is a need for parties across the political spectrum of the country to evolve a consensus on resolving the Kashmir issue with Pakistan and also address its internal dimension," PDP patron and former chief minister, Mufti Mohmmad Sayeed said.

"There is no substitute to resolving this festering sore that has dampened the immense economic potential of South Asian region for decades and bruised the body and soul of Jammu and Kashmir," Mufti said while addressing a public rally at Kalu Chak, in the outskirts of Jammu.

Any progress achieved since 2003 on the diplomatic and political front on the Kashmir issue had become possible only because the UPA government has carried forward the historic initiatives taken by the then prime minister Atal Behari Vajpayee and NDA government, Mufti said.

"It is now the turn of the NDA and especially the BJP to stop viewing any dialogue with Pakistan with suspicion and lend support to the new efforts of UPA Government," he said.