Srinagar: The National Conference and PDP on Monday batted for dialogue between India and Pakistan to bring peace, normalcy to border tensions between both countries.
Amid protest over continuous cross-border firing and killing of four army personals on Sunday, the BJP demanded resolution of condemnation on Pakistan. However, NC legislators were of the opinion that it would further provoke the neighbouring country, who have been resorting to heavy shelling along the borders.
As BJP MLAs continued to stick to their demand, NC legislators said that the resolution should come through chief minister Mehbooba Mufti. “Let the CM being the condemnation resolution against Pakistan. It should not come from you (BJP). She is the leader of the house,” NC legislator Devender Singh Rana told his BJP counterparts.
PDP leader Javed Beigh also was of the opinion that passing a resolution against the neighbouring country will not yield anything as people will continue to suffer due to continuous ceasefire violations. Beigh suggested that the house should jointly make an appeal to Pakistan to bring an end to the continuous cross-border firing and further advocate dialogue between both countries.
Jammu and Kashmir assembly deputy speaker Nazir Ahmad Khan Gurezi chipped in at this point and suggested that if the whole house was concerned about cross-border firing, then there should be no objection in bringing a resolution of condemnation against Pakistan.
To this Devender Rana again reiterated that a resolution was something that should be moved by the chief minister.
Parliamentary Affairs Minister Abdul Rehman of PDP also called for dialogue saying that nothing is better than peace and reconciliation. He strengthened his stand by stating that even former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had advocated for talks.
After multiple voices were raised in support of dialogue rather than resolution, deputy speaker Gurazi asked PDP legislator Ajaiz Ahmed Mir to clarify if he was part of the ruling government or against it.
“If the parliamentary affairs minister has already issued a statement, you have no right to speak over it,” said Gurazi to Mir.
The state government will now bring in a resolution requesting both India and Pakistan to maintain peace on borders. However, the government did not specify when it intended to bring it in.
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