Give up guns, we are ready for talks: Governor to militants

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Srinagar, Jun 12: Governor Satya Pal Malik Wednesday invited Kashmiri militants to give up the arms and said they were ready to hold the talks.

“There is unemployment across the country but unemployed people (elsewhere) in the country do not pick up weapons against the government. There is something more here. The basic thing here is that the leaders have not told people the truth. People have been misled and shown false dreams, which will never be fulfilled,” the Governor said at a press conference attended by all his four advisors, chief secretary and administrative secretaries of all the government departments here at SKICC.

According to Kashmir News Service (KNS) correspondent, the Governor said that the people have been shown the dream of ‘azadi’ (independence) and sometimes that of autonomy. “When these things did not work, they were shown the dreams of paradise through radicalisation. I want to tell the youth that they have two paradises — one is Kashmir and if they become good Muslims, they will get the other one also,” he said.

He said dialogue is the only way through which they can get what they want within the ambit of the Constitution.

He said India cannot be made to bow through violence.

“Take everything from us, we will give our life, but through love and dialogue. For that (PM) Narendra Modi is ready, we are ready. Come to the dialogue table and take it forward,” he said.