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Kashmir conflict is cash cow for terrorists, their promoters: Sri Sri
[Daily Excelsior] Maintaining that there was no readymade solution to Kashmire problem and it needs to be addressed by sitting together with an open mind, spiritual leader and founder of the Art of Living, Sri Sri Ravi Shanker today said that the conflict was a cash cow for bully boyz and their promoters, who have vested interests to keep the pot boiling."The vested interest don’t want resolution of Kashmire problem and return of peace in the Valley as state of unrest has become a cash cow for them," he said while talking to the Excelsior on sidelines of a day-long conference on `Kashmire: Back to Paradise’, organized by South Asian Forum for Peace, an organization of the Art of Living Foundation, here today. Admitting that these vested interests may try their best to sabotage his initiative on Kashmire, Sri Sri, however, stressed that such elements would not be able to deter him from raising the voice of common people in Valley who want peace as they are fed up with unrest. "People have been caught between Hartal and curfew, they want peace and education to their children but are scared of armed bully boyz and their promoters. We will give voice to these people," he said and exuded confidence of winning over hearts of the misguided youth once they come in his contact. In response to a query, the spiritual Guru informed that in connection with the peace initiative, he had also met the PoK Governor though he did not elaborate on their meeting and only said that majority people in Pakistain also wanted peace between the two countries. Regarding cross border terrorism and repeated ceasefire violations, Sri Sri said that the Government would deal with these gun wielding bully boyz and Mighty Pak Army while he would concentrate on resolving Kashmire by involving the people here. Terming trust-deficit as another major hurdle in forging peace in trouble torn Kashmire, Sri Sri said that his organization has tried to provide a platform to all the stakeholders for sharing their ideas. "Trust deficit is the biggest problem. People don’t trust Government and the system but we can do away with this by involving all the stakeholders, who will sit together without any prejudice and find out a solution for peace, which can be evolved by none but only people of Kashmire," he said and predicted that intellectuals and spirituals would bring Kashmire back to paradise. Earlier, during a media briefing and also while delivering key note address in the conference, Sri Sri drew attention towards radicalization of youth as well as drug abuse in Valley and lamented that no work was done so far on the de-radicalization and de-addiction. Posted by: Fred 2016-11-24 |
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