'No alternative other than dialogue with Pakistan for resolving Kashmir issue': Mehbooba Mufti

PDP chief Mehbooba Mufti said, "There is no alternative to dialogue with Pakistan for resolving all issues including the political issue of Kashmir.” 

Srinagar: Former chief minister of the erstwhile state of Jammu and Kashmir and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) president Mehbooba Mufti said that "Article 370 revocation has in fact further complicated the Kashmir issue and the BJP-led central government will have no other alternative than to talk to Pakistan for resolution of issues including Kashmir."

Addressing a press conference, she further said an impression that the Kashmir issue was over after revocation of Article 370 has proved totally wrong on ground. “The fact remains that the rollback of the special status of J&K has further complicated the Kashmir issue. One of the serious repercussions seen at the international level is that India is being isolated internally,” she said.

She added that the situation in Kashmir is worse than ever. “No one is feeling safe. Be that a common man or a journalist. Journalism is seen as a crime and people speaking truth are tortured, many journalists including Sajad Gul, Fahad Shah and others are behind the bars. Many have fled Kashmir after being named in FIRs. How can things work and truth prevail in such conditions?” She urged international bodies to raise their voices for the immediate release of journalists arrested in Kashmir.