"A structural dialogue with all stakeholders is need of the hour and New Delhi should shun its policy of taking event based initiatives to address the grievances of people in Jammu and Kashmir," party patron Mufti Mohammad Sayeed said, addressing a public meeting in Budgam district.
"The government of India must address the internal dimension of Kashmir issue by putting together all stakeholders on table," he said.
Sayeed said the process of dialogue should not become a zero sum game as a result of partisan interest.
He said, "The country has to respond to the pain and aspirations of the state in a positive manner and all sections of political opinion have to lend a helping hand in this endeavour."
"It is now the turn of the NDA and especially the BJP to stop viewing any dialogue with Pakistan with suspicion and lend support to the new efforts," he said.
Peace process has to be driven by long term goals of conflict resolution and cooperation rather than be confined to confidence building, Sayeed said.
In this context he said while small steps like allowing the return of youth from Pak were welcome, the CBMs introduced in the past seem to have been neglected.
"The trade and travel across the LOC had virtually become a hostage to the hassles of procedure and the government of India should do everything that is needed to harness its full potential," he added.
He said J-K could in fact become a model for implementing the SAARC model for economic cooperation if the trade and travel between two parts of the erstwhile state were institutionalised.
