Srinagar, May 26 : Stating that the Government of India was ready to hold talks with Huriyat, the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh Saturday said that if Huriyat leadership is ready to come to the table for talks, the government is ready for it.<\/i>
\n\u201cIf Hurriyat is ready to come to the table for talks, we are ready for it. However, as on date, there is no indication from them to this effect,\u201d Rajnthat Singh said.<\/i>
\nHe also said that New Delhi is ready to hold talks with Pakistan if it comes forward to hold talks. \u201cTo not welcome anyone who wants to talk, is not the right thing,\u201d home minister told in an interview with National TV channel.<\/i>
\nRajnath Singh claimed that the Narendra Modi-led BJP government wants to revoke FIRs against several first-time stone pelters, especially young Kashmiris, as a method to reach out to people. \u201cKashmir is ours, Kashmiris are ours,\u201d he said. \u201cChildren are misled. We refuse to look at first-time stone pelters as terrorists,\u201d Singh added.<\/i>
\nUnion Home Minister Rajnath further said that Pakistan will have to learn lesson. \u201cIf you see, there is a consensus emerging in the international community that Pakistan has become a shelter for terrorists,\u201d he said.<\/i>
\n\u201cI believe that Kashmir and Kashmiri are both ours,\u201d he said.<\/i>
\nAsked about the ceasefire announced during Ramzan, the home minister said that since Ramzan is a holy month, the government has decided to temporarily suspend operations. \u201cBut this does not mean that security forces will not respond to attacks on them,\u201d he said.<\/i>
\nHome Minister added that coming together of opposition parties may make the challenge \u201cslightly difficult\u201d but the NDA will emerge victorious. \u201cPeople may have different views on how much we have achieved, but no one doubts the intention of the government,\u201d he said.<\/i>
\nHe also said that Border situation is a concern, but the government of India has comprehensive plan for the welfare of border people. \u201cBorder people are special for us. We are doing everything for their safety,\u201d he maintained.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Ready to talk to Huriyat, Pakistan, says Home Minister Rajnath Singh Srinagar, May 26 : Stating that the Government of India was ready to hold talks with Huriyat, the Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh Saturday said that if Huriyat leadership is ready to come to the table for talks, the government is ready for it. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":12066,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12067","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\/12067","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=12067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12067\/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=12067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kashmir.watch\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}