No talks till Pakistan stops insurgency — Omar Abdullah

"Whom should India talk (with)?" he asked and claimed that Pakistan’s chief executive general Pervez Musharraf was directly involved in the Kargil conflict and subsequent rising of insurgency in the Kashmir valley.

"Complacency at this stage would deteriorate the situation," he told reporters here, adding, "We have to gear up our anti-insurgency operations to foil their (Islamabad’s) evil designs."

Abdullah accused Hurriyat leaders of fomenting militancy in the state, "the funds for which come from across the border".

"People who do not have faith in the Constitution of the country should be kept behind bars as there is no place for them in the society," he said.

On US President Bill Clinton’s visit to India next month, the Minister said that Washington has no role inresolving the Kashmir problem or any other internal matter of India.

Abdullah said the state autonomy report submitted by the government to the Centre "may not be perfect". The report, he said, would be examined by a team of ministers from the Centre and the state.

The Union Minister apprehended a "confrontation" between the state and the Centre over autonomy, but that "should not deter (the ruling) National Conference from pursuing its autonomy agenda".

"Autonomy is not a demand for separation, but strengthening bonds between Kashmir and rest of the country," he said.

Asked if NC would follow a political or constitutional course for autonomy, he preferred to toe the constitutional line.

"We are not saying that this report is perfect. There should be a debate and discussions over the issue," Abdullah said.