Kashmiri groups' response is positive , but handle them with care

It is good that the quiet talks have been going on between Kashmiri separatist groups and the Home Minister P Chidambram . The response of the groups is positive. This has been said by none other the Home Minister himself. Chidambram has said while answering the supplimentaries that the government is ready to talks to all shades of opinion in Kashmir. It is even prepared and will not shy away from talking to the groups which are demanding self rule or self determination. Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir Omar Abdullah is on the side of the government in quiet talks with Kashmiri groups. The talks have been going on away from the media glare and it has been kept quiet for obtaining better result. But Home Minister P Chidambaram must be alive to the divergent views developing within the separatist Kashmiri groups on the issue of quiet talks with the government of India. First of all, it must be kept in view that separatist groups in Kashmir are not the single party to the problem of the strife-torn state. Apart from them, there are displaced Kashmiri Pandit organisations and the groups of Laddakhis. All have to be given due space in the talks with government of India towards the resolution of the problems of Jammu and Kashmir. If the past experiences are anything to go by, the separatist and secessionist outfits are solely guided by their masters sitting across the border. Their track record is that they always dance at the tune of the countries which harbour ill-will against India. Recently, Omer Mirwaiz Farooq, Chairman of the moderate wing of Hurriyat Conference, has aired his voices of Chinese participation in the talks for the resolution of the Kashmir issue. It is his effort to internationalise the Kashmir issue fruitlessly, while India has already it clear umpteen times that the third party participation is out of question and the UN has also opined that the issue of Kashmir has no international relevance.As far as bilateral talks with Pakistan is concerned to resolve the Kashmir issue, India will not talk to it unless it brings the perpetrators of Mumbai attacks and dismantles the terror infrastructure on its soil. The separatist and secessionist groups in Kashmir are living in illusion that the government of India will accede to their demands of separatism and secessionism if they continued to play their Pakistan cards. But they must understand that no power on earth can take away Kashmir from India. Jammu and Kashmir is the soul of India and it is its integral part and will remain so. It will be better for the separatist and secessionist groups to pledge faith in Indian constitution and participate in the electoral process in the state by joining the mainstream politics and then make genuine demand on the government of India to concede for the development and peace in the state.