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Modi claimed that the North East policy of the Congress and the Communists was a Loot East policy, which the BJP buried 10 years back and initiated an Act East Policy.
Commenting that a confrontationist stance towards Pakistan had not produced the desired results, the CPI-M on Thursday said the Narendra Modi government must realise “that a dialogue with Pakistan is an essential part of arriving at a political settlement on the Jammu and Kashmir issue.”
The CPM said by closing off all avenues for talks with Pakistan, the Modi government had painted itself into a corner. There has been no let-up in the militant attacks within the Valley, and the ceasefire on the Line of Control (LoC) is in tatters.
The price being paid by the security forces and the civilian population, in terms of casualties, is escalating.
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The surgical strikes had not stopped “the attacks by extremists from across the border on Army and BSF camps, the latest being the attack on the Sunjwan Army camp in Jammu and the CRPF camp in Srinagar,” the CPM journal People’s Democracy said.
“The Modi government’s one-dimensional view that all protests and separatist demands are Pakistan-inspired has prevented it from taking any serious step for a political dialogue within Jammu and Kashmir.
Its purely security and militaristic approach has further worsened the situation in the Valley,” the party said.
According to the CPM, there is an urgent need to back off from this “blinkered confrontationist stance.” First of all, there should be talks to restore the ceasefire and peace on the Line of Control and the International Border in Jammu and Kashmir. Confidence building measures must be initiated.
Simultaneously, the government should initiate talks for the resumption of a comprehensive dialogue with Pakistan, the CPM said.
Despite the “no talks” approach the national security advisers of the two countries have met in third countries.
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