"It was like they dug the mountain and found a mouse, and that too a dead mouse," Geelani said while commenting about the interlocutors' report submitted yesterday.
The interlocutors had in their report ruled out a return to the pre-1953 position and recommended setting up of a Constitutional Committee to review all Acts and Articles of the Constitution of India extended to Jammu and Kashmir while favouring upholding of Article 370.
Both factions of the separatist Hurriyat Conference had boycotted the interlocutors during their deliberations in Kashmir.
"We knew they would do nothing in reference to Kashmir issue, that is why we boycotted them from the beginning and their report has proved our boycott right. Our stand has been vindicated," Geelani said.
He said the interlocutors appointed by the Centre were meant to be a "diversion" to silence the growing calls from international community to solve the Kashmir issue.
The Hurriyat chairman said the interlocutors' report mentioning that "clock cannot be turned back" made "no sense".
In their 176-page report, the interlocutors called for a review of all Central Acts and all Articles of the Constitution of India extended to the state after the 1952 Delhi agreement which also gave special status to the state under Article 370.
"This does not mean a pure and simple return to the pre-1953 situation. The clock cannot be set back. Instead, the group wants such a review to take into full account the changes that have taken place in the last six decades," the report said. MORE
