Striking a different note from other political parties which are demanding that government deal sternly with Pakistan-backed terror post Uri attack, CPI(M) today asked Centre to hold dialogue with all stakeholders including Pakistan to solve the Kashmir dispute in the long-run.
Speaking to reporters, CPI(M) general secretary Sitaram Yechury said the Left party condemned the Uri incident and "cross border" terrorism strongly, but stressed that the government has "not initiated" political dialogue with all stakeholders in Kashmir, despite an all-party MP delegation statement saying so.
"We are telling the government of India that you begin sincere implementation of what the all-party delegation suggested with which the government itself is a party.
"...Eventually, peace and normalcy can be restored in Kashmir only through a dialogue. And this dialogue has to be with all stakeholders ... Also restart the Indo-Pak dialogue which this government itself, under Prime Minister Narendra Modi, had declared in its agenda of Indo-Pak talks that Kashmir will be one of the issues. So, we have said you start that dialogue," Yechury told reporters.
He also asked the government to take confidence building measures to win trust among people of Kashmir by adopting a "dual-track" approach.
"And now why the government is delaying (taking these steps) after accepting all this, we do not know," Yechury said.
"But the apprehension is growing that the government seems to be thinking that continuation of these disturbances and tensions will help the process of communal polarisation in rest of the country, which may give some benefit in forthcoming UP elections. If this consideration is a fact, then it is most unfortunate and very dangerous," he said.
Congress' chief spokesman Randeep Singh Surjewala said the Uri attack, which claimed the lives of 18 soldiers, is the "final wake up call" for the government which should ask the international community to impose sanctions against Pakistan.
Terming the deadly Uri militant attack as "unfortunate", BSP president Mayawati today asked the Central government to chalk out a firm long-term plan to deal with "Pakistan-backed" terror.
Joining the chorus, NCP president Sharad Pawar said the Centre should have zero tolerance towards terrorism, either Pakistan-sponsored or of any kind, and exhorted the NDA government to act against the perpetrators of the Uri attack.
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