Stressing for the need to set dialogue process in motion, State Secretary CPI (M), Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami today said the recent diplomatic break off between India and Pakistan is a blow to the peace process aimed at normalization of relations between to neighbouring countries.According to a statement issued to KNS, addressing a public rally at Mantribugh in Shopian district, Tarigami said skirmishes on LoC in terms of ceasefire violations is most unfortunate and a step backwards in the context of the growing public urge for peace and tranquility in the region. Tarigami said the dialogue process should not be held hostage to the domestic considerations in the two neighboring countries.
Urging the leadership of the two countries to play their roles in cessation of hostilities along the border, Tarigami said that the recent diplomatic deadlock needs to be reviewed and channels of communication be opened for the peace and amity in the region. “Let India and Pakistan fight their greater internal enemies---poverty, corruption, diseases, natural disasters and sectarian violence jointly rather than aim their guns on each other,” he stressed.The CPI (M) leader said that people of Kashmir are forced to bear the brunt of disruptions in Indo-Pak dialogue. “It is the time that both the governments should realize urgency of this commitment and make serious efforts to move forward and revamp the stalled peace process,” he remarked adding that the real strength of the two nations lie in pursuing the process of dialogue. Senior CPI (M) leaders including Ghulam Rasool, Ghulam Nabi, Zahoor Ahmad and youth leader Arshid Hussain Baba also addressed the rally. (KNS)