<p>The party said the PMO should immediately clarify if this was part of the brief given to the interlocutors.<br /><br />"It seems as if the panel (of three interlocutors) is arguing for the (pro-freedom) Hurriyat angle," BJP spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman said in a statement here.<br /><br />Sitharaman was referring to a statement of Dilip Padgaonkar, one of the three interlocutors, in Srinagar Saturday that Pakistan has to be involved for a permanent solution of the Kashmir issue.<br /><br />Padgaonkar said: "We are here to look for a permanent solution to the Kashmir issue…but a permanent solution is not possible without the involvement of Pakistan.”<br />“Any attempt to have a comprehensive solution without Pakistan’s involvement is not possible. Pakistan has to be involved,” he added.<br /><br />The BJP spokersperson said the party wondered "if this is a part of the brief which has been given to the panel of interlocutors".<br /><br />The interlocutors were expected to engage with various citizens’ groups to understand the ground realities and to engage with the citizens from various quarters, she pointed out.<br /><br />"But the comment made, even as they are about to start their assignment, is unnecessarily internationalising the process," she said.<br /><br />"What is the Pakistan dimension that the interlocutor is referring to?" the BJP leader questioned.<br /><br />"Is this a part of the brief given or has he stepped beyond their (the panel’s) brief?" Sitharaman asked.<br /><br />The central government Oct 13 appointed a three-member team of interlocutors - senior journalist Dilip Padgaonkar, academic Radha Kumar and former Central Information Commissioner M.M. Ansari - to interact with political and social groups and individuals and to suggest ways to defuse the crisis in Jammu and Kashmir.<br /><br />At least 110 civilians, mostly youths and students, have died in Kashmir since June 11 as security forces retaliated to stone-pelting protesters.<br /><br /></p>
<p>The party said the PMO should immediately clarify if this was part of the brief given to the interlocutors.<br /><br />"It seems as if the panel (of three interlocutors) is arguing for the (pro-freedom) Hurriyat angle," BJP spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman said in a statement here.<br /><br />Sitharaman was referring to a statement of Dilip Padgaonkar, one of the three interlocutors, in Srinagar Saturday that Pakistan has to be involved for a permanent solution of the Kashmir issue.<br /><br />Padgaonkar said: "We are here to look for a permanent solution to the Kashmir issue…but a permanent solution is not possible without the involvement of Pakistan.”<br />“Any attempt to have a comprehensive solution without Pakistan’s involvement is not possible. Pakistan has to be involved,” he added.<br /><br />The BJP spokersperson said the party wondered "if this is a part of the brief which has been given to the panel of interlocutors".<br /><br />The interlocutors were expected to engage with various citizens’ groups to understand the ground realities and to engage with the citizens from various quarters, she pointed out.<br /><br />"But the comment made, even as they are about to start their assignment, is unnecessarily internationalising the process," she said.<br /><br />"What is the Pakistan dimension that the interlocutor is referring to?" the BJP leader questioned.<br /><br />"Is this a part of the brief given or has he stepped beyond their (the panel’s) brief?" Sitharaman asked.<br /><br />The central government Oct 13 appointed a three-member team of interlocutors - senior journalist Dilip Padgaonkar, academic Radha Kumar and former Central Information Commissioner M.M. Ansari - to interact with political and social groups and individuals and to suggest ways to defuse the crisis in Jammu and Kashmir.<br /><br />At least 110 civilians, mostly youths and students, have died in Kashmir since June 11 as security forces retaliated to stone-pelting protesters.<br /><br /></p>