Former Indian interlocutor Professor Radha Kumar Saturday said that India is left out with no option except resolving long pending Kashmir issue once for all. She said that it is for the first time in the history of India that people cutting across party lines, religion, caste and creed have been impressing upon Government of India to find a permanent solution to the Kashmir imbroglio.
Talking to Kashmir based news agency CNS Radha Kumar said that almost all the Indian newspapers are flooded with the articles and news reports urging upon Narendra Modi led Government of India to get the Kashmir problem resolved. “It is good for the tormented people of Kashmir that here in India people have started realizing and understanding the authenticity and importance of Kashmir issue,” Kumar said.
“When we compare current Kashmir unrest with 2010, we perceive and observe that people in India have become more sensitive about Kashmir issue and they eagerly want a resolution to this issue. In 2010, almost all the parliamentarians equivocally denounced Pakistan policy towards Kashmir and backed the action of security forces, but this time the situation is totally different. Barring few members of BJP, the parliamentarians are not ready to digest the ‘propaganda’ that people in Kashmir are hitting the roads on the behest of Pakistan. They equivocally want an immediate solution to the problem and cutting across party lines, they are talking positive about Kashmir and their people. The wind has started changing its direction and the pro-Kashmir voices are being heard across country which is good for the trouble torn people of Kashmir,” Radha Kumar said.
Responding to a question Radha Kumar said that people here in India are hopeful that New Delhi will at least start a fruitful dialogue with people in Srinagar including separatist leaders and later on take Pakistan on board. “There is tremendous pressure on India. This time India can’t afford to take it lightly. It has to take an initiative and it will take, that is for sure,” she said adding that Kashmir is not an economic problem but a political one. (CNS)
