J K News Today
Srinagar, May 9:
All parties meeting convened by Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti to find a consensus route to end bloodshed in Kashmir got underway at Sher-e-Kashmir International Convention Centre ( SKICC) , Srinagar on Wednesday.
The meeting that saw among other parties the rare attendance of the main opposition National Conference that had boycotted such meetings in 2016 has a challenging agenda before it ; the spurt in the killing of local militants , civilians in the attendant law and order situations and the widening atmosphere of fear and terror in the Valley .
The meeting, however, did not touch upon the issue of the radicalization of the youth in Kashmir in which the Islamic State ideology of dying for the spread of Islam has replaced Kashmiri Muslim nationalism for none of the Kashmiri leaders present there think that Kashmir is getting radicalized . They dismiss this as the illusion spread by the anti-Kashmir elements who want to portray Kashmiris “ struggle” for the liberation of their land from the occupation of the Indian forces as part of the global jihad .
The meeting would assume significant only if it is able to evolve a consensus to address the situation in the wholesome manner .
The issue of the civilian killings , however, dominated the deliberations , as per the initial reports emerging out of the meeting.
