Kashmir separatists ready for talks, Indian government says

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The leader of disputed Kashmir's largest separatist group said it was ready for talks with India's government on Monday, after the state governor said he was optimistic about dialogue.

Any talks to resolve the conflict would be hugely difficult.
But on Saturday, Satya Pal Malik, the governor of Jammu and Kashmir state where Indian-controlled Kashmir lies, told a news conference he had seen a softening in approach from separatist leaders, including the influential Hurriyat Conference.
"I feel happy that the temperature in the valley has gone down as compared to what it was during my arrival in Kashmir," he told a news conference.
Malik has governed the state since August 2018, shortly after India's ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) withdrew from a coalition with a local party, imposing direct rule from New Delhi.
"Today Hurriyat, who once closed their doors... are ready for the talks with the Government of India,” Malik added.
In response, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, the chairman of Hurriyat, a political movement that wants independence from India, told Reuters on Monday he would welcome talks.
"Hurriyat Conference has always been in favour of talks as the means of resolution," he said.
"Kashmiris, being the most affected party for the past 72 years, naturally want its resolution.”

More at: https://news.yahoo.com/kashmir-separatists-ready-talks-indian-095029057.html

 

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Although their top leader Modi is accused of genocide and has ties to Polish-Israeli suspected war criminal Netnyahu, their pluralistic democratic government is still managing to take constructive steps for reconciliation and dialog with Kashmir, Sikh minorities and other sepratists.
This bodes well for democratic process.


Khalistan supporters can now enter India



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The Centre has removed from its blacklist — or the Central Adverse List as it is officially known — names of 312 Sikh foreign nationals involved in anti-India activities and only two persons figure in the list now. The Indian Express explains what is this blacklist, its purpose and what the central government’s action mean.
The Ministry of Home Affairs maintains a list of individuals who supported the Khalistan movement in 1980s and 90s but left India to take asylum in foreign countries. This list included the name of “hardliners” who were in favour of a separate Sikh state and had opposed the Operation Blue Star. Many of the Sikhs on this list fled India to escape the authorities, acquired foreign nationality and took asylum outside India. This list is not restricted to Punjab or the Khalistan movement.








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