<p>In a letter to noted journalist M J Akbar, Editorial Director of India Today, Geelani expressed his inability to attend the March 19 session where he was to speak on future of Kashmir alongwith senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi.<br /><br />"I came to know that the session will be presided by National Security Advisor. That makes me unable to participate in view of our consistent policy of non-engagement with Government of India until it accepts our five-point demand," Geelani said in the letter.<br /><br />The hardline leader was scheduled to take part in the breakfast session of the conclave on March 19 in Delhi where he and Joshi were the speakers with Menon in the chair.<br /><br />In August last year, Geelani had announced his five-point formula which included asking Centre to acknowledge Kashmir as an international dispute, start the process of "demilitarisation", release political prisoners and take action against security personnel allegedly involved in the killings during the summer unrest.</p>
<p>In a letter to noted journalist M J Akbar, Editorial Director of India Today, Geelani expressed his inability to attend the March 19 session where he was to speak on future of Kashmir alongwith senior BJP leader Murli Manohar Joshi.<br /><br />"I came to know that the session will be presided by National Security Advisor. That makes me unable to participate in view of our consistent policy of non-engagement with Government of India until it accepts our five-point demand," Geelani said in the letter.<br /><br />The hardline leader was scheduled to take part in the breakfast session of the conclave on March 19 in Delhi where he and Joshi were the speakers with Menon in the chair.<br /><br />In August last year, Geelani had announced his five-point formula which included asking Centre to acknowledge Kashmir as an international dispute, start the process of "demilitarisation", release political prisoners and take action against security personnel allegedly involved in the killings during the summer unrest.</p>