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| India willing to consider autonomy for J&K |
| 2002-05-23 |
| Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee on Thursday expressed the Centre's willingness to consider the question of autonomy for Jammu and Kashmir. "We had not set aside the resolution on autonomy (passed by the Jammu and Kashmir Assembly) without giving it a thought. We were ready for talks. We are ready for talks even now", he said addressing a press conference at the end of his three-day visit to the state. He said that the Centre had asked state Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah as to what was coming in the way of rapid development of the state and whether any of the Constitutional provisions were becoming an obstacle in this regard when he had raised the autonomy issue. Vajpayee said he had expressed readiness to remove such obstacles. That would placate a good part of the internal jihadi movement, assuming they can ever be placated by anything. Pakland would still maintain their position that they want it all, all, damn you! But that position causes international yawns every time it's discussed. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |