Union Minister Jitendra Singh said the resumption of a dialogue between India and Pakistan is possible only when there are no sounds of guns and bullets.
On being asked about Mehbooba Mufti’s call on BJP to hold talks with Pakistan, Singh said would BJP talk to people of its own country or to people of a foreign land.
This statement from the Union Minister comes after PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti reiterated her call to the BJP government for dialogue with Pakistan and the people of Jammu and Kashmir, saying that peace would be elusive as long as Kashmir remains unresolved.
‘Dialogue with Pakistan and the people of J&K is imperative’
Addressing workers convention in the Valley, Mufti had said that Kashmir has been awaiting a solution for the last 70 years there will be no peace in the region until the Kashmir issue is resolved, and for that, dialogue with Pakistan and the people of Jammu and Kashmir is imperative.
She also said that Prime Minister Narendra Modi and former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee both visited Pakistan but even then the BJP feels perturbed when PDP talks about holding dialogue with the neighbouring country.
Last year, Mufti asked the Centre to restore Article 370 and resolve the Kashmir issue if it wants to ‘keep Kashmir”.
Kashmir dispute could only be resolved through dialogue: Imran Khan
People want the return of their identity and honour and that too with interest, she had said.
Last year in December, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan had said that the Kashmir dispute could only be resolved through dialogue, but meaningful engagement with the current government in India was not possible because of its religious nationalism.
Imran further said that South Asia had been held back by political differences and conflicts and termed the Kashmir dispute as the “biggest problem” holding the region back.
