J-K govt works out compromise formula, PDP acts pricey

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Published on Sat, Aug 30, 2008 at 10:46, Updated
at Sat, Aug 30, 2008
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Srinagar: The Jammu and Kashmir
government seems to have worked out a compromise formula on the Amarnath land
row.

Sources tell CNN-IBN this
involves allowing a temporary use of 100-acre land to the Amarnath Shrine board
for a three-month period every year.

The Governor-appointed panel gave
its nod ahead of the fourth round of talks with the Amarnath Sangharsh Samiti
in Jammu.

According to the deal, the land
will be handed over only for the two-month period of the yatra, plus an
additional month for setting up and removing pre-set shelters.

The formula was on the anvil for
a while, but talks were stalled over the wording of the deal.

An official statement is yet to
come. Meanwhile, the Amarnath Sangharsh Samiti is planning a massive rally in Jammu on Sunday.

 

But
in the Kashmir valley, the PDP has already
expressed its displeasure. Party chief Mehbooba Mufti says the party will not
accept any unilateral decision on resolving the crisis.

 

Mufti Mohammed Sayeed had met the
Prime Minister last Sunday and urged him to consult Kashmiris before inking any
deal with the Sangharsh Samiti.

 

The Amarnath Sangharsh Samiti should reject outright the Jammu and Kashmir
government’s compromise formula on the Amarnath land row.

 

For
whom is the govt. giving temporary use of 100-acre land for a three-month
period every year, to beggars or Indians?

 

 

The Amarnath Shrine board should also reject this compromise formula.

 

What
we need is a permanent solution. Indecisiveness on the part of govt. for a
lasting solution exposes the role of the govt. policies of pleasing the
so-called Minority vote bank.

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