Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Mehbooba Mufti today called for taking all the stakeholders on board as part of a politically-inclusive agenda to address the problems confronting the state.
She also batted for reviving the dialogue process with Pakistan.
"The country's political leadership has to take on board all the stakeholders and pursue an agenda which is politically -inclusive and development-intensive to address the challenges confronting Jammu and Kashmir," Mehbooba said addressing an All-Party Meeting to discuss the prevailing situation in J-K.
She said the government would act as a facilitator for resolving the problems and challenges confronting Jammu and Kashmir if tangible steps are taken to reach out to all the stakeholders.
"A new course for Jammu and Kashmir can be chalked out only by reaching out to all the stakeholders including the youth, who have to pay big price because of the uncertainties plaguing the state for the over past six decades," she said.
Stressing that the voice of J-K people should be heard and tangible confidence building measures be taken to address the alienation and reduce trust deficit, she said, "A beginning in this regard can be made by implementing recommendations of the five Working Groups, constituted by the then Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, and reiterated in PDP-BJP's 'Agenda of Alliance'."
Mehbooba said the recommendations comprehensively dealt with almost all aspects of the problems confronting Jammu and Kashmir including the centre-state relations, strengthening relations across LoC, confidence building measures (CBM) across segments of society in J&K, economic development of Jammu and Kashmir and ensuring good governance.
Mehbooba said that her government strongly believes that nothing was valid and should happen for Jammu and Kashmir except with the active involvement of its people.
"However, the people from all shades of political opinion shall have to evolve a consensus on a pragmatic and workable solution to the problems confronting the state in the interest of peace and stability," she said, adding that the time has come to strike a new benchmark in the light of the global and regional realities for the resolution of the state's problems.
Referring to young boys indulging in stone-pelting,
Mehbooba said they do not know what they were doing and some of the people who were instigating them have been identified and so will be others.
"A 12-year-old child comes out to throw stones, does he know why he is throwing (stones)? There are some people behind them, some of whom we have identified and others too we will identify.
"I request them as well why have you involved young children, why have you made them a shield? You have pushed them to camps, police stations, you tell them what they have to do during the day, but you yourself escape during the night," she said, apparently targeting the separatists.
"But this issue cannot be solved by stones, bullets, guns or encounters."
Pitching for dialogue between India and Pakistan, the chief minister said the neighbouring country should help in creating a conducive atmosphere for it.
Mehbooba said her government wants to ban the use of pellet guns as a crowd control measure and sought cooperation of police saying they should "tolerate" and refrain from using such weapons as the protests will not continue forever.
"If there is an injury on you, let it be, but if we save a youth's eyes or arms from pellet guns, then I think it will be your biggest sacrifice. Because this (protests) will not continue forever, it is temporary. But I need your cooperation," she said.
The chief minister said while the police had exhibited patience during the last three months of unrest in the Valley, there were some mistakes which warrant action.
She said once peace is established in the state, she would ask Prime Minister Narendra Modi to begin a dialogue process.
"Establish peace here and the next day I will go to Delhi and request the Prime Minister to talk to everyone and find a solution...To do justice with our people - those people who come out to vote on the edge of sword - for their safety, prosperity and development."
"If this vandalism, stone-pelting continues, then I will be focused on that only," she said, asking the police to help the government to establish peace.
Recalling the visit of the all-party delegation, she regretted that separatists did not respond to its members.
"I also wrote a letter to them asking them to talk, because no one is with violence in today's world. No one will listen to what someone, who has picked up arms, has to say even if his account is good. Whatever is said by way of violence, is lost."
Dialogue is possible only when a conducive atmosphere is created in the state and Pakistan should also contribute to it, she said.
