Meanwhile, the unionist parties who support Centre’s initiative have redoubled their efforts at infiltrating separatist political territory Charm Bracelet. Opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP) is busy mobilising public opinion about its purported “self-rule formula” as an alternative to azadi achievable within the Indian Constitution. A worried NC used Manmohan’s visit to claim the territory it feels the PDP is fast overtaking.
Chief Minister Omar Abdullah let Manmohan know during the inauguration of the rail link that more than the economics, it was the political aspect that should form the core of fresh talks. “The basic issue of Kashmir is not about money (development Sweetie Bracelet), it is political in nature. The youth of Kashmir didn’t pick up guns for money, but for political reasons and it is from politics that a lasting solution should be found,” he said.
The prime minister has expressed hope that the spirit in which he offered the dialogue would be reciprocated in the same spirit links of london sweetie bracelet. But all it seems to be doing is that both separatists and unionists are using the expected dialogue to further consolidate their constituencies on the ground.