State govt, Centre open to talks with 'all stakeholders' in Kashmir: Ram Madhav
September 21, 2017  17:11
The Jammu and Kashmir government and the Centre are open to having an unconditional dialogue with all stakeholders, including separatists, to address the Kashmir issue, Bharatiya Janata Party general secretary Ram Madhav said today. 
Madhav, who is in Srinagar on a two-day visit to take stock of party affairs, said that the Centre is confident that normalcy will be restored in the state soon.
"We have said from the beginning and we have maintained that our doors are open to all the stakeholders in the state, they are welcome to come and have a dialogue with the state government as well as whoever wants to talk to the central government, we are open to a dialogue," he told reporters when asked whether talks will be held with separatists in Kashmir.
However, the BJP general secretary said those who do not want to take part in the dialogue process should be questioned.
"But the question should be asked to those who do not want to go for the dialogue. Those who want to come for a dialogue, we are open to talking to everybody who wants to come and have a dialogue with us...without any preconditions," he said.
Madhav said that if the opposition parties also cooperate and do not engage in a "political game of provocations", very soon there will be complete normalcy in the state.

"As far as sporadic incidents like firing from across the border or terror incidents in the Valley are concerned, the recalcitrant neighbour that we have, it will continue to try and foment trouble here, but our security forces will ensure that the games that are being played from across the border will not be allowed to succeed," he said.
Condemning the attack in Tral today, Madhav termed it unfortunate and said the security forces will take measures to stop such sporadic incidents.
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