Srinagar, Aug 01 (KNO): Mirwaiz Umar Farooq on Friday welcomed the united stand of MPs from Jammu and Kashmir in the Parliament and urged New Delhi to address ""dil ki doori" through engagement.
According to a statement, issued to news agency—Kashmir News Observer (KNO), Mirwaiz said a few days back here was a debate in the Parliament on the India-Pakistan war after the heinous Pahalgam incident, and different views by different political parties of India with regard to the war, its purpose, success or failure were put forward.
Mirwaiz said that very few, and mostly in the opposition, talked of the human aspect of the war and its costs therein, and its correlation to J&K, which reflects the mindset and mood of the times.
He said that the three MPs from J&K were the only ones to highlight the deep concerns and plight of the people at the epicentre of the basic problem and the current debate.
Mirwaiz said they were speaking with passion and pain about the disempowerment and dispossession of the people of J&K and expressing the sentiments of the people of J&K that we have all along been talking about. It is good to see that on these matters all are on the same page.
He said that he can only hope that what they said was heard by those in power in New Delhi, and if they really want to lessen "dil ki doori," they must pay heed to it.
Mirwaiz said he has always believed that neither war, nor violence, nor use of force can solve problems and lead to peace and prosperity, which the billions of people in the Indian subcontinent seek, and the swathes of poor in this region deserve. Engagement at all levels is a far cheaper and evolved alternative, he sad—(KNO)