Omar slams Centre for suspending talks with Pakistan

[Zarvan]

NEW DELHI: Jammu & Kashmir chief minister Omar Abdullah on Sunday attacked the Narendra Modi government for suspending talks with Pakistan over a "cup of tea" with separatist Hurriyat Conference and said India has set up a difficult benchmark for resumption of talks.

Speaking on a variety of issues including the resolution passed by the Jammu & Kashmir legislative council seeking resumption of dialogue with Pakistan, Omar said cancellation of talks with Pakistan was "demoralizing" people of his state.

The chief minister also debunked BJP's 'Mission-44' for the forthcoming assembly elections, saying it was one of those nice Bollywood glitz slogans like 'love jihad'.

"What BJP is trying to do is to cosy up to separatists so that they can take advantage of boycott call in some seats and basically wrest those seats away into their kitty but the 44 number is a pipe dream, that's not happening," he said.

On the cancellation of talks, Omar said, "It basically just demoralizes the people because at the end of the day we only see a solution emerging out of dialogue. We had 25 years of violence, we had wars, we had skirmishes but we haven't seen a solution.

"The closest we have come to the solution is through dialogue, first with the then Prime Minister (A B) Vajpayee and (former Pakistan President Gen Pervez) Musharraf and then with former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Musharraf and with Nawaz Sharif and Singh. We were hoping that process will actually carry on," Omar told Karan Thapar on his programme 'Nothing but the truth' broadcast on Headlines Today.

He said the Modi government had raised the expectations of the people of the state, which bore the brunt of failure of talks.

"You are the ones who were all buddy buddy sending each other shawls and saris and mangoes and all the rest of it. All that you put in Punjabi 'jhapiyan-pappian' (hugs and kisses). What happened to all that? You raised our expectations and hopes that this process was going to go forward and now over a cup of tea you dash them," he said.

The government cancelled foreign secretary-level talks with Pakistan scheduled for August 25 after Islamabad refused to agree to India's demand of not entertaining Hurriyat leaders from Jammu & Kashmir.
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[Dubious]

hahahaha....

 

[Tshering22]

Yeah I play a lot of SLAM too with my friends. It involves in a stack of cards, cans of beer and a nice bon fire. :wink:

 

[Jayanta]

Omar should first get his act right. Arrest and jail the separatists and then start ciriticising others.

 

[Kompromat]

Modi has done a big favor to Pakistan. Lets lay low and reap.

 

[Brickwall]

Just proving himself joker

 

[kinsr]

Modi has done a big favor to Pakistan. Lets lay low and reap.

Just keep watching how these clowns sitting in J&K assembly are wiped out this season. You have nothing more to do than just lay low and watch. Reap if you can now, you wont get a second chance anymore.

Sam, Daam, Dand, Bhed .... The priciple taught by Bhagvad Gita are playing thier roles in full force now.

Saam - Pacifying : Offer Major development packages to the citizen of the state. Try to bring them up to the mark with the national level development.
Daam - Bribing: Increased funding for major development projects, like Rail and Road connectivity, Major thrust to development of businesses like Saffron and Pashmina. Offers IITs and AIIMS like medical college. More funding for Hydel Projects. Bringing in more tourists.
Bhed: Differences: Bringing back Hurriyat to centerstage to devalue those clowns from PDP and National Conference. Creating a rift in the minds of the populace about whom to choose Hurriyat or Pro India political parties. They will eat out each other in coming times.
Dand: Punishment : Going down harshly on anyone who wants to go violent against the state. Thats why you see increased no. of anti- terrorists activities. Creating more fear of the state if you try to go against it.

Keep watching .. in next Five years even thinking about Kashmir will be hard for you. Anything thats violent, anti-state, and pertains to Muslims will be crushed by world.

 

[Ammyy]

BJP won 3 out of 6 seats in general elections and he got nothing, that's why he has nothing to say. Even congress separated from his party.

I wish amit shah use some magic to achieve this mission 44 so that BJP government in state will settle all these anti India elements in J&K.

 

[nair]

Election time!!!!!!!!!

 

[PlanetWarrior]

Let the election be over, Pakistan resolve its internal drama and then commence talks with whoever holds power with Pakistan

 

[The Unnamed]

Omar has seen the writing on the wall ! Dynastic politics are over for at least the next 10 years.

The moment he is out of congress, Mufti will gobble him up in the valley. Just see..

How do you say it ? "The jig is up" ?

Modi has done a big favor to Pakistan. Lets lay low and reap.

Yes he has and he will do some more, and all Pakistan can do is lay low and reap.

 

[That Guy]

Even India's own Kashmiri ministers don't buy Modi's excuses.

 

[Jaggu]

Sam, Daam, Dand, Bhed .... The priciple taught by Bhagvad Gita are playing thier roles in full force now.
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These are not Bhagawat Gita principles. These are from Chanakya's book on Rajniti which he wrote a long time ago in ancient India

 

[mahesh.]

Even India's own Kashmiri ministers don't buy Modi's excuses.

Modi doesnt give excuses.

 

[naveen mishra]

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Omar slams Center.......we are scared