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Former J&K Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti said connected Wednesday (May 13, 2026) that her enactment welcomes RSS wide caput Dattatreya Hosabale’s remarks suggesting that “a model of dialog should stay unfastened with Pakistan”. Ms. Mufti said “talks are the lone headway” to code the issues betwixt the 2 countries.
“We invited the RSS wide secretary’s connection advocating keeping a model of dialog unfastened with Pakistan. This vindicates the PDP’s basal and that of its laminitis Mufti Muhammad Sayeed, who ever advocated for dialog with Pakistan and believed that the concern successful Kashmir could improve and a instrumentality to imperishable bid was imaginable if the 2 countries prosecute with each other,” said Ms. Mufti.
She was reacting to Mr. Hosabale’s interrogation with a ligament work wherever helium recalled erstwhile Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s attack towards Pakistan and underlined that “we should not adjacent the doors and should ever beryllium acceptable to prosecute successful dialogue” with Pakistan. He besides referred to diplomatic relations, trade, and commerce arsenic examples of however a model for dialog remains unfastened betwixt the 2 countries.
He referenced Mr. Vajpayee’s statement, that “friends tin beryllium changed but not neighbours”, Ms. Mufti said her enactment backed the existent basal of the RSS and advocated “negotiations betwixt the 2 countries to spot the portion prospering”.
She said determination were lessons to beryllium learnt from the ongoing U.S.-Iran war, wherever “eventually adjacent the U.S., a superpower, had to engage with Iran, which is not truthful powerful.”
Parallel dialogue
Ms. Mufti besides welcomed caller reports that retired Indian and Pakistani diplomats and subject officers had taken portion successful a dialogue. “If this is formalised, we volition spot a affirmative interaction successful Kashmir too. We saw that erstwhile erstwhile PM Manmohan Singh initiated dialog with Pakistan, militancy fell and radical felt astatine ease. Unfortunately, determination is simply a consciousness of suffocation presently successful Kashmir,” said Ms. Mufti.
She said determination are indications that some sides are realising ˍˍˍ particularly the RSS, and successful the aftermath of Operation Sindoor ˍˍ that “talks are the lone headway” to resoluteness issues.
The erstwhile J&K CM expressed interest implicit the continued “crackdown against locals” successful Kashmir. “Local Muslim employees are being terminated implicit allegations of being anti-national. Houses are being bulldozed. Anyone who posts connected societal media is summoned to constabulary stations. Schools are being labelled anti-national and demolished,” said Ms. Mufti.
She said we request to place different means than the usage of the UAPA and Public Safety Act. “There are reports that jails successful Kashmir are afloat and younker are being shifted outside, successful the aftermath of an anti-drug campaign. We advocator enactment against cause peddlers but spare the houses,” she added.
