Srinagar, Jan 29 (KNS): The teams headed by former foreign minister Yashwant Sinha Sushoba Bharve which talked to senior separatist leaders including Mirwaiz Molvi Umar Farooq and Syed Ali Shah Geelani and members of civil society in Kashmir in the aftermath of last year's unrest have released a joint statement on the current situation in Kashmir and sought intervention of Mehbooba led PDP-BJP coalition government for creating atmosphere for peace in Jammu and Kashmir.
According to a statement issued to KNS, some others who were not part of Bharve and Sinha led teams are also among the signatories of the statement. Barring Sushoba Bharve and Yashwant Sinha the other members of these teams are Justice A.P Shah, former Chief Justice of Delhi High Court, Aruna Roy, Founding Member, Mazdur Kisan Shakti Sanghatan A.S. Dulat, Former advisor on Kashmir to NDA Government Chinmaya Gharekhan, former Ambassador to UN Darius Forbes, Industrialist H.K.Dua, former member Rajya Sabha Prof. H.D.Muni, Author & former professor in International Relations, JNU I. H. Latif, former Air Chief Marshal & Begum Bilqees Latif Irfan Habib, Historian & author Julio Ribeiro, Former DGP Punjab Smt Kapila Vatsayan, Chair, Asia Project, IIC Kalpana Sharma, senior journalist and author Prem Shankar Jha, Senior Journalist and Author Ramchandra Guha, Historian, Author & Biographer Ronen Sen, former Indian Ambassador to USA Salman Haidar, former foreign secretary S.Click Here To Follow Our WhatsApp ChannelK. Lambah, former Special Envoy of the Prime Minister of India Shyam Saran, Former foreign Secretary Shekhar Gupta, Senior Journalist & Author Gen. (r) V.P.Malik, former Army Chief V. Balachandran, former Special Secretary, Cabinet Secretariat Prof. Zoya Hasan, Centre for Political Studies, JNU Yashwant Sinha, former foreign minister Wajahat Habibullah, former Chairman Minorities Commission Kapil Kak, Air Vice Marshal(R) Bharat Bhushan, Editor, Catch News. The statement has said that it is
deeply distressed by the disturbances afflicting Kashmir since July. The team in its statement has said that most casualties have been from among the youth, even children, many of whom could have been our leaders into the future but there has been no accountability thus far.
The statement says that Kashmir is bound to India by study laws, but only bonds of love and understanding will bind India together.
“These can be secured only by giving all our citizens voice and the feeling that this is their country as much as Kashmir is part of us. It is undoubtedly the duty of the democratically elected government of the State of J&K to create a peaceful and humane environment in Jammu and Kashmir”, reads the statement. (KNS)