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Former Indian external intelligence chief and New Delhi’s long-time Kashmir hand, Amarjit Singh Dulat has said the Azadi (freedom) Kashmiri people want actually means an accommodation within India.
“Kashmiris do not want much. The azadi (freedom) that they want, if I could try and describe it, is accommodation,” Dulat was quoted by Hindustan Times Monday as having said during a lecture organised by KakasahebGadgilPratishthan in western Indian city of Pune.
“They want their honour, dignity and most of all, justice.” The former Indian Police Service (IPS) officer, Dulat said all that was required to settle Kashmir was New Delhi give its people a promise of accommodation.
“Such a big country like India, can we not accommodate one little Muslim majority state within the Indian unit? Can we not give them a promise, this great country of ours? That is all that is required," Dulat said according to HT, predicting he would be challenged for saying it both in New Delhi and in Kashmir.
Dulat also said that no single party in the state will ever be in a position to form a government on its own, and predicted Omar Abdullah to be the next chief minister.
“Next coalition in Kashmir will be what it was in 1886-1887, a Congress-National Congress coalition. That is the way I look at it."
At the same time, the former spymaster advocated an alliance between Tasaduk Mufti of Peoples Democratic Party, Omar Abdullah of National Conference and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq of Hurriyat Conference for a dialogue to mitigate sufferings of the people.
“When Tasaduk Mufti feels that his party has ditched the people of Kashmir and are partners in crime with BJP, then he should enter into a dialogue with Omar Abdullah and Mirwaiz Umar Farooq for sake of people of Kashmir,” Dulat told Srinagar-based news agency CNS over phone.
“These three young faces can do wonders for the people of Kashmir. Their alliance will strengthen the dialogue process. The dialogue they start will certainly bear positive results.”
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