Zeenews Bureau Jammu, Aug 23:
In a possible breakthrough, the Shri Amarnath Sangharsh Samiti (SASS) and the four-member panel set up by Jammu and Kashmir Governor N N Vohra to resolve the Amarnath land row are reported to have agreed on a compromise formula. After two rounds of talks, sources said that it has been agreed to allow the Amarnath Shrine Board to use the controversial 100-acre land in Baltal for three months, during which the Holy Yatra will be held. After two rounds of talks between the SASS and Governor’s panel held in the morning and the afternoon, sources said that it has been agreed to allow the Amarnath Shrine Board to use the controversial 100-acre land in Baltal for three months, during which the Holy Yatra will be held. Sources further said that both the Governor’s panel and SASS are framing a draft which will be approved by the 21-member Samiti spearheading the campaign in Jammu. It is also believed that an agreement on the reconstitution of the Amarnath Shrine Board has been reached, with security during the pilgrimage to be managed by the state. The two rounds of talks held today were the first between the SASS and the government since the agitation in Jammu began nearly two months ago, following the cancellation of the order transferring 40 hectares of land to the Shri Amarnath Shrine Board (SASB). Earlier in the day SASS members said that they were hopeful of a "positive outcome". During the first round of talks in the morning, the government had put forward a proposal which Samiti had agreed to consider and revert back. "We hope that some positive results will come out," Suchet Singh, leader of the SASS said after the talks aimed at ending the nearly two-month-long violent agitation that has paralysed normal life and sparked a counter movement in the state. Between the two rounds of talks today, SASS representatives who met the Governor’s panel held talks with the rest of the Samiti members to apprise them of the government’s proposal. The four-member panel had arrived here from Srinagar yesterday after the Samiti on Aug 19 agreed to hold talks with it, days after it spurned a similar offer for negotiations. A five-point agenda had been set for the talks in the invitation sent from Raj Bhawan to the Samiti which included reconstitution of the SASB, fleshing out, in appropriate details, the role and duties of the board, assessment of the total requirement of land by the Board and working out an arrangement for use of 100 acres of land at Baltal-Domail with the board during the period of yatra. Curfew lifted Curfew has meanwhile been lifted from Jammu and Samba districts with improvement in situation and ahead of the Janmashtami festival. However, curfew remained clamped for the second day on the border town of Hiranagar, while it was relaxed in Kishtwar town for six hours. Curfew was imposed in Hiranagar yesterday after protesters turned violent and torched a truck parked in the police station complex following the arrest of a youth. Six persons were injured as police fired tear gas shells and cane charged the protesters who forcibly released the youth from the police station. Army had conducted flag marches in the town yesterday. Day and night curfew has been lifted in Jammu and Samba districts, while only day curfew has been lifted in Udhampur town from 05:00 hours to 22:00 hours to facilitate people to celebrate 'Janmastami'. Centre for give and take formula Home Minister Shivraj Patil has said that the government was seeking a give and take formula that would satisfy both people in Jammu as well as Kashmir regions. He said the crisis related to "emotions" and expressed confidence that the issue would be resolved in a "very short time". "When matters are related to the emotions of the people, we should try to solve them as quickly as possible. I think we will be able to solve this matter in a very short time," he said in an interview. When emphasised that the issue has to be resolved somehow and "there has to be some give and take", the minister said "that is exactly what we are trying to do. And we would like to accept a formula which is acceptable to both, people living in Jammu and the people in Kashmir." Strike in Kashmir Meanwhile, life in Kashmir Valley was paralysed today following a three-day shutdown called by separatists, with protests being staged in some areas. The valley wore a deserted look as both public and private transport kept off the roads. Business establishments, markets, government offices, educational institutions, banks and other semi-government organisations remained closed in Srinagar and elsewhere in the Valley, officials said. There was no report of untoward incident from any part of Kashmir, they said. However, small groups of people assembled at various places across the Valley and raised "pro-freedom" slogans. The biggest gathering was at Anantnag town followed by smaller groups at Rambagh and Bemina in the city. Protests were also held at Iqbal Park, Magarmal Bagh, Hyderpora, Bagh-e-Mehtab and other areas of the city. A group of protesters carrying green and black flags went around Srinagar city on motorcycles and scooters raising slogans against BJP and Shiv Sena. The Coordination Committee -- an amalgam of separatist outfits -- yesterday revived its agitation, sparked by the Amarnath land row, asking people in the Valley to observe a three-day shutdown from today to press for "right to self determination". It also demanded a dialogue involving India, Pakistan and representatives of the people of Jammu and Kashmir to resolve the Kashmir issue. Protests against the "economic blockade" of the Valley by SASS in Jammu began on August 7, leading to call by separatists for march to Muzaffarabad. As many as 22 persons including senior Hurriyat Conference leader Shiekh Abdul Aziz were killed in violence in three days from August 11. Kashmir has been by and large peaceful since August 15.
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Every inch of land in India belongs to every single Indian. This is the principle of nationalism. Partition may have happened once but it will never be repeated. The spirit of nationalism in India has become strong enough to ensure that. If Kashmir wants independence in the name of Allah, India will retain Kashmir in the name of Baba Amarnath. - K.Venugopal - Mumbai
in friday regligous gathering at eidgah which was later termed as kashmri sepratist show of strength also hailed Lashkar-E-toiba, raised pro pakisani slogan and shouhted praises for LeT militant outfits and whom PDP is calling criminals when they have 1000s of tranined militants in their own backyard, LeT, HM, JKLF, JeM, are common name in the streets of kashmir, Mast gul saludin, yasim malik, azar masod, bin laden, bitta karate are real life heros. mehbobba family traded 11 militants for their daughter in 1991, and gave shelter to militants who attcked akshardhan... can someone let this women to shut up.. or has al the men died in kashmir... why they allow this woman without burkha...... - Vikrant Dogra - Jammu
History shows that the whole of South Asia was Hindu land. But converted people carved it away and all still bussy doing this, in kashmir and elsewhere. - Kalawati -
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