Hope govt admitting muscular approach in JK failed: PC

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Press Trust of India New Delhi
Last Updated : Oct 23 2017 | 6:42 PM IST
Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram today said he hoped the central government, by announcing a peace initiative in Jammu and Kashmir, was finally admitting that its "muscular approach" to the Valley's problems had failed.
"With appointment of interlocutor, I hope government has finally admitted 'muscular approach' has failed in J&K," Chidambaram tweeted after Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said a sustained dialogue would be initiated by the government for a solution to the Kashmir issue.
Chidambaram, who as home minister in the UPA government had formed a three-member committee of interlocutors for a dialogue on Kashmir, said the movement from "No talks" to "Talks with all stakeholders" was a major victory for those who had argued for a political solution in Jammu and Kashmir.
Singh today announced that former Intelligence Bureau director Dineshwar Sharma would be the central government's representative for initiating a dialogue with all stakeholders in Jammu and Kashmir.

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First Published: Oct 23 2017 | 6:42 PM IST

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