Kashmiris want to be active stakeholders in peace process: Rajnath

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has said the common Kashmiris want to be active stakeholders in the peace process but had been made victims by certain vested interests. In an article “Decoding PM’s Speech”, the Home Minister hailed Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Independence Day address to the nation from Red Fort ramparts and said the country was marching ahead in its journey of transformation for a better future.

Rajnath Singh referred to Modi’s remarks on Kashmir and said it was heartwarming to see the Prime Minister making his government’s stand clear.

“The Centre has been consistent in its belief that the common Kashmiri wants to be an active stakeholder in the peace process. They have been made victim by certain vested interests who do not want peace in the Valley. The Prime Minister, in his speech, appealed to those who take recourse to violence and exhorted them to abjure violence and adopt democratic means to voice their concerns and grievances,” Rajnath Singh said.

Modi in his speech said: “Na gaali se, na goli se, samasya suljegi gale lagane se (Neither bullets nor recrimination, the problem will be solved by embracing Kashmiris).”