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Peoples Democratic Party President Mehbooba Mufti connected Sunday (May 17, 2026) endorsed RSS functionary Dattatreya Hosabale’s caller remark that people-to-people interaction is cardinal to breaking the deadlock with Pakistan and determination should ever beryllium a model for dialogue.
“The solution to Kashmir lies successful dialog and wrong the model of the Constitution. Whatever we person to execute needs to beryllium done from Delhi and present (Jammu and Kashmir). We judge successful engagement and talks. We question bid with dignity,” Mr. Mehbooba said astatine a enactment workers' normal successful Srinagar.
The erstwhile J&K Chief Minister welcomed Mr. Hosabale's connection connected the request for dialog and people-to-people interaction with Pakistan, which was endorsed by erstwhile Army main M.M. Naravane.
In an interrogation with PTI Videos recently, the RSS wide caput said Pakistan's subject and governmental enactment person mislaid India's confidence, and it is clip for civilian nine to pb the way, “because we person a taste narration and we person been 1 nation”.
“What Hosabale has said present is what (PDP founder) Mufti Mohammad Sayeed advocated till his past breath. Open our roads starring to the different broadside of Kashmir… Pakistan, China and Central Asia. If (Narendra) Modi ji wants to carve a sanction for himself, helium should resoluteness the Kashmir contented and impact Pakistan successful the process,” Ms. Mufti said.
Noting that the Prime Minister should initiate a dialog with the radical of Jammu and Kashmir for a solution to the Kashmir contented and impact Pakistan successful the process, Ms. Mufti said, “I americium not saying that Narendra Modi has done thing for the solution of the Kashmir issue. He visited Lahore successful 2016, but it was followed by the Pathankot attack. Pakistan volition person to respond positively to immoderate efforts of outreach from India.”
Delhi volition person to perceive to the dependable of Kashmiris, she added.
“Mufti Mohammad Sayeed utilized to accidental that adjacent if we physique roads of golden and bridges of silver, they volition beryllium of nary usage if the Kashmir contented is not resolved. Development is good, but talks tin marque you a statesman for bid successful the portion and South Asia. Peace successful Kashmir tin amusement the mode forward,” the PDP main said.
Calling for the merchandise of governmental detainees up of Eid astatine the extremity of the month, Ms. Mufti said freeing prisoners would beryllium the archetypal existent confidence-building measurement that would nonstop a beardown connection of reconciliation and healing to the radical of Kashmir.
Former Army main Gen. Naravane excessively supported Mr. Hosabale's basal for fostering dialog and people-to-people connections with Pakistan, saying specified engagements are "important".
"The communal antheral has thing to bash with politics. When determination is relationship betwixt 2 persons, determination volition besides beryllium relationship betwixt 2 nations. People-to-people interaction is important,” Gen. Naravane told PTI connected Wednesday (May 13, 2026).
