Apropos the debate in the Lok Sabha over autonomy for Kashmir, the BJP should realise that the more you intimidate and repress a people, the more it leads to stoke parochial sentiment. The Left parties are right in suggesting that a genuine economic package clubbed with a tinge of political autonomy is the right answer to bring the Kashmiri people into the national mainstream. The Prime Minister’s initiative to start a dialogue to soften the imbroglio in the volatile state is welcome, but he should begin the process with the withdrawal of paramilitary forces as a goodwill gesture.
Syed Sultan Mohiddin
Kadapa, A.P.