Narayanan meets Farooq, Omar in Valley

Srinagar, August 20: During his day-long visit to the Valley on Wednesday, National Security Advisor met National Conference leaders Farooq Abdullah and Omar Abdullah to explore ways to resolve the prevailing crisis in the state. Sources said they discussed the pros and cons of initiating a dialogue with the separatist Hurriyat leaders.

For the moment, the Centre seems to have adopted a wait-and-watch policy, hoping that protestors’ enthusiasm gives way to fatigue before they can initiate talks with the Shri Amarnath Sangharsh Samiti (SASS).

During his meeting with the NC leaders, Narayanan reportedly sought their opinion on how the Centre should move forward. Sources said the discussion seemed more like a fact-finding exercise than a discussion about the Centre’s concrete plan of action. However, Narayanan didn’t meet the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) leadership.

Narayanan was given detailed presentations by the police, security forces and the civil administration. According to sources, “the broader consensus was not to use force to curb the protest rallies of the separatists” as “it will create more problems than solve anything”.

A senior officer told The Indian Express that the future course of action for tackling the separatist groundswell and the forthcoming Friday prayer rally at Eidgah was extremely difficult. “Though the broad consensus is to continue with a no-confrontation approach, there are serious issues,” said the officer. “The desecration of the Tricolour and extremely provocative slogans are a serious problem. We have to deal with that too”.

Narayanan was accompanied by Defence Secretary Vijay Singh, Joint Intelligence Committee Chairman H Upadayay, Intelligence Bureau Director P C Haldar and the Joint Secretary in the Prime Minister’s Office, Sanjay Mitra.

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