SRINAGAR: Central Government is all to set appoint emissaries on Kashmir, besides, relieving the current interlocutor Dineshwar Sharma as Hurriyat is ready for dialogues with New Delhi.
Highly places sources from News Delhi confirmed News Agency Press Trust of Kashmir that Home Ministry will appoint 3-4 interlocutors for Kashmir to initiative a dialogue process in Kashmir with separatist leaders, for which many names are doing the rounds.
Sources revealed that the current interlocutor Dineshwar Sharma for Kashmir may also be relieved.
Sharma was appointed as a Special Representative, on October 23, 2017, to carry forward the dialogue process with all the stakeholders in Jammu and Kashmir. But ever since the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) pulled out of the alliance with People’s Democratic Party (PDP) in July, his role has remained in perpetual limbo.
Sharma is a 1976-batch Kerala cadre IPS officer. He was also the chief of India’s Intelligence Bureau. He was also appointed as an interlocutor for talks with Assam-based insurgent groups.
However, Sharma’s appointment as an interlocutor was seen as a “change of heart” of the Centre, as to many it seemed that the BJP-led National Democratic Alliance had acknowledged the need of a political solution in Kashmir. But Sharma’s disappearance from the political scene has made many believe that Centre has realised its failure. “His rank is equivalent to that of a Cabinet Minister. He was independent of the political dispensation.
Specially dedicated to carry forward the talks. But he is silent. And there was no concerted effort on reconciliation. His presence didn’t lead to any results and the Centre has realised its failure,” a valley resident requesting anonymity. (PTK)
