Srinagar, Publish Date: Nov 8 2017
New Delhi’s “special representative” to Jammu and Kashmir Dineshwar Sharma on Wednesday said he ” is trying to meet Hurriyat leaders.”
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“I am also trying to meet Hurriyat leaders,” Sharma told reporters after meeting lone communist leader from Kashmir Muhammad Yousuf Tarigami
Sharma said his meeting with people were “very good.”
“I met many people. I wish that peace returns to Kashmir. I will also try to meet Hurriyat,” the former Intelligence Bureau head said.
On Monday, Sharma, a former Intelligence Bureau head, arrived in Srinagar to initiate a “sustained dialogue” with stakeholders in Jammu and Kashmir.
The Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) comprising Syed Ali Geelani, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq and Mohammad Yasin Malik have already rejected talks with him. They have termed his appointment as “nothing more than a tactic to buy time” by New Delhi.
