Srinagar, Dec 27 : A day after Mirwaiz Umar Farooq removed the “Chairman, Hurriyat Conference” tag from his X profile, Apni Party Senior Vice President Ghulam Hassan Mir on Saturday said the decision reflects a larger political transformation in Jammu and Kashmir, signaling the end of separatist narratives and the beginning of a new engagement-driven chapter with New Delhi.
Speaking to Kashmir News Service (KNS), Mir said that political groups that once raised slogans outside India’s constitutional framework have now “accepted and understood that their future lies with India.”
He added that the discourse in Kashmir is no longer about confrontation, but about coexistence, dignity, and development.
“All those people, whether from Hurriyat parties, who in the past raised different slogans, have now accepted and understood that their future lies with India. We have to see how we can spend our life with India gracefully,” Mir said.
He urged the Centre to open structured dialogue channels to rebuild trust, especially with the youth, stating that both the Prime Minister and Home Minister have repeatedly spoken about engaging directly with the people of Kashmir.
“There are doubts between the people of J&K and the Government of India. There is a need to rectify it. PM and HM have time and again said they will talk to the people of Kashmir and the youth of Kashmir. This is the appropriate time, because the separatist narrative which was running here is now over,” he added.
Mir further said that the changing political tone visible through recent public statements and symbolic decisions like Mirwaiz’s has created space for fresh political thinking centered on jobs, infrastructure, tourism revival, and grassroots economic growth.
He said the new political atmosphere will now be shaped by development, not slogans. “A new atmosphere of development will emerge, and a new engagement will shape Kashmir’s future,” Mir added.(KNS)
