{"id":10034,"date":"2017-07-21T08:48:54","date_gmt":"2017-07-21T03:18:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kashmir.today\/?p=10034"},"modified":"2017-07-21T08:48:54","modified_gmt":"2017-07-21T03:18:54","slug":"no-talks-separatists-dy-cm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/?p=10034","title":{"rendered":"No talks with separatists: Dy CM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Jammu:\u00a0<\/strong>The government has rejected any likelihood of talks with separatists or other fundamental groups in the Valley unless the level of terrorism and violence comes down substantially.\u201cAlready some attempts were made to reach out to separatists and other fundamental groups but they shut their doors to the delegations from the Centre. Besides, there is a clear message from the Centre that unless the Valley returns to normal, the government will not take any initiative for talks,\u201d said Deputy Chief Minister Nirmal Singh talking to The Tribune.He said the time was not opportune as well as atmosphere not conducive to take any step for dialogue. Admitting that the scenario in the Valley was steadily changing, Nirmal Singh said people were trying to come out of the \u201cfalse consciousnesses\u201d created over the years by the forces inimical to peace and stability in the region.On the frequent killing of soldiers on the border as well as while battling insurgency in the Valley, the Deputy Chief Minister expressed anguish.\u201cThe unfortunate killings like those of Lt Ummar Fayaz, Naik Mudasser Ahmed, Lance Naik Mohammad Naseer and DSP Mohammed Ayub Pandith are highly condemnable. But these have also started alienating people of Kashmir from the separatist propaganda and radicalisation supported by the Hurriyat and its mentor,\u201d said Nirmal Singh.When asked why the BJP had not given a serious thought to scrapping Article 370, which has been the greatest impediment for the state\u2019s total integration with India, the Deputy Chief Minister said the issue was under consideration and needed a constitutional amendment.\u201cSince it would be a constitutional amendment, the Bill would have to be passed by both Houses of Parliament with two-thirds majority and has to be signed by the President,\u201d said Nirmal Singh, adding that first it would have to be passed by the \u201cconstituent Assembly\u201d of J&amp;K before it is sent to Parliament.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jammu:\u00a0The government has rejected any likelihood of talks with separatists or other fundamental groups in the Valley unless the level of terrorism and violence comes down substantially.\u201cAlready some attempts were made to reach out to separatists and other fundamental groups but they shut their doors to the delegations from the Centre. Besides, there is a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7969,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10034","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-union-territory"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10034","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10034"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10034\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10034"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10034"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10034"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}