Zeenews Bureau Jammu, Aug 10:
After holding a meeting with Shri Amarnath Sangharsh Samiti (SASS) in Jammu, the all-party delegation which arrived in the state on Saturday held another round of talks today, this time in Srinagar. With peace continuing to elude Jammu and Kashmir, the team led by Home Minister Shivraj Patil held an all-party meet in Srinagar to try and find a solution to the ongoing crisis triggered by the Amarnath land transfer issue. The meeting was chaired by Patil and attended by Arun Jaitley (BJP), Amar Singh (Samajwadi Party), former J&K Chief Ministers Farooq Abdullah and Ghulam Nabi Azad, PDP leader Mehbooba Mufti, and Saifuddin Soz and Mohsina Kidwai (both Congress) besides local Kashmiri leaders. The meeting, comes a day after leaders of SASS spearheading the agitation in Jammu, held their first round of talks with the all-party delegation. No headway was made as they stuck to their demand for restoration of land to Amarnath Shrine Board and removal of Governor N N Vohra. While Patil had yesterday given an assurance that their demands would be looked into, the Samiti had rejected Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's call for suspension of agitation. Hectic behind the scene activities had preceded the talks with the Samiti refusing to talk to the all-party delegation due to the presence of three Kashmiri leaders – Farooq Abdullah, Mehbooba Mufti and Saifuddin Soz. They had relented after the three leaders along with Vohra kept away from the talks, saying they would not like to be a hurdle.
The UPA government is likely to promise a 'facility package' of 100s of crores for Amarnath Yatra, including facilities at the 100 acre land. They will then ask, why bother about the title of the land when what is really wanted is top-class facilities. This the 'secular' press would see as a fair bargain for the Hindus. But Hindus must not be fooled. Why can't 100 acres of land be transferred to the temple? Is the temple not part of Kashmir? The answer to these questions will reveal that the real issue is between Indian nationalism and Pakistani aided separatism.
The UPA government is likely to promise a 'facility package' of 100s of crores for Amarnath Yatra, including facilities at the 100 acre land. They will then ask, why bother about the title of the land when what is really wanted is top-class facilities. This the 'secular' press would see as a fair bargain for the Hindus. But Hindus must not be fooled. Why can't 100 acres of land be transferred to the temple? Is the temple not part of Kashmir? The answer to these questions will reveal that the real issue is between Indian nationalism and Pakistani aided separatism.
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