Govt for talks with all shades of political opinion in J&K: PC

Home Minister P Chidambaram announced that the government will hold dialogue with all shades of political opinion to formulate contours of a solution in Jammu and Kashmir, but made it clear that the talks would be held away from the media glare.

Union Home Minister P Chidambaram on Wednesday announced that the government will hold dialogue with all shades of political opinion to formulate contours of a solution in Jammu and Kashmir, but made it clear that the talks would be held away from the media glare.

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"We will hold dialogue with every shade of political opinion in Jammu and Kashmir to find a solution in a civilized way. The dialogue will not be in full media glare. It will be a quiet dialogue. It will be through quiet diplomacy," he said.

He was answering a volley of questions on steps being taken by the government to resolve the Kashmir issue at a press conference in Srinagar.

Chidambaram said political parties like National Conference, PDP and Congress have a point of view and the effort would be to hold talks with all shades of political opinion, including some political groups advocating separatism, to arrive at the contours of a political solution which may be unique.

Such a solution, he said, should be "honourable and acceptable" to the vast majority of the people in Jammu and
Kashmir.