Terrorist group Hizbul Mujahideen has denied reports that it had agreed to hold talks with New Delhi.
| "Yar! Talks? Never! Not while we still got ammunition left!" |
Local media on Tuesday quoted Jammu and Kashmir chief minister Mufti Mohammad Sayeed as indicating the possibility of talks between Hizbul and the Union Government. But Hizbul on Wednesday described the claims as "baseless".
| "Yeah! We don't need no talks! We got explosives!" |
"Sayeed has not initiated any talks with us. His statement is baseless. It is a conspiracy against Hizbul Mujahideen," the outfit's chief operations commander Gazi Nasiruddin said in a statement to a local newspaper.
| "It's one o' them deep-laid plots!" |
Sayeed was quoted by local media yesterday as saying that he was confident about a possible talks between the Centre and Hizbul and that the government has opened a channel with the outfit in this regard. There was a change at different levels and there was strong possibility of the Centre renewing its invitation to Hizbul Mujahideen for talks. There had been talks between the Centre and Hizbul in the past (July 2000) but the nature of talks this time would be different, Sayeed was quoted as saying. Gazi said only tripartite talks involving India, Pakistan and the people of Kashmir could solve the Kashmir issue. The three parties should sit together and find a solution to the Kashmir issue as per UN resolutions. |