merisarkar news service
New Delhi, August 10, 2010
PM offers jobs to Kashmiris to give peace a chance
Reaching out to the people of Jammu and Kashmir, the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Tuesday said that addressing the alienation and emotional needs is the key to a political solution to the state.
In his opening remarks to the all party delegation meet on Kashmir in New Delhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh said that this can be achieved only through sustained internal and external dialogue.
Prime Minister Dr. Singh asserted that his government is ready to discuss all issues within the bounds of democratic process and frame work and urged all shades of political opinion to come forward for talks in a spirit of conciliation and dialogue.
Making an impassioned plea to make a new beginning the Prime Minister said that the state is only now emerging from the two decades of insurgency. He urged all political parties to build a consensus on a practical and realizable vision of the future of Jammu and Kashmir. He said that nothing will give him greater satisfaction than to see a permanent and just settlement of outstanding issues that protects the honour of all sections of people in the state.
The Prime Minister said that majority of the people in the state are in favour of a peaceful resolution of all issues and that is why it is all the more important to ensure that the cycle of violence ends.
He said that the government is aware of public sentiment on the issue of armed forces special powers Act and made it clear that ultimately Jammu and Kashmir Police has to take on the burden of law and order and centre will provide all help to the state police
Expressing sympathy with those who lost their lives in the recent violence, Dr. Manmohan Singh appealed to the youth to allow peace to prevail and go back to their classes.
