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Hope government admitting muscular approach in Jammu-Kashmir failed, says P Chidambaram

Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday announced that former Intelligence Bureau director Dineshwar Sharma would be the central government's representative for initiating a dialogue with all stakeholders in Jammu and Kashmir.

Chidambaram mocks govt's sudden love for Moody's, says it was Modi regime which questioned credit rating agency's methodologyFormer Finance Minister and Congress leader P Chidambaram. (Source: PTI Photo/File)
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Senior Congress leader P Chidambaram on Monday said he hoped the central government, by announcing a peace initiative in Jammu and Kashmir, was finally admitting that its “muscular approach” to the Valley’s problems had failed. “With appointment of interlocutor, I hope government has finally admitted ‘muscular approach’ has failed in J&K,” Chidambaram tweeted after Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh said a sustained dialogue would be initiated by the government for a solution to the Kashmir issue.

Chidambaram, who as home minister in the UPA government had formed a three-member committee of interlocutors for a dialogue on Kashmir, said the movement from “No talks” to “Talks with all stakeholders” was a major victory for those who had argued for a political solution in Jammu and Kashmir.

Singh on Monday announced that former Intelligence Bureau director Dineshwar Sharma would be the central government’s representative for initiating a dialogue with all stakeholders in Jammu and Kashmir.

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