MUZAFFARABAD:
The United Jihad Council (UJC), a conglomerate of Kashmiri Mujahideen groups, claims there is no harm in holding talks with India, provided Kashmir is acknowledged as a disputed territory.
“We are not just for fighting… We are open to all positive steps to achieve our goals. If India acknowledges Kashmir as a dispute with some international guarantee and invites Jihad Council for talks, we are ready to enter into a purposeful process,” said UJC Secretary General Shaikh Jamilur Rehman.
He was talking to media men during a visit to the office of Capital Journalists Forum (CJF) here on Tuesday.
Mr Rehman regretted that India had never been serious towards holding meaningful parleys with any stakeholder, whether the militant groups, pro-freedom politicians or the government of Pakistan.
On allegations by former RAW chief A.S. Dulat, the UJC Secretary General maintained that it was a failed attempt to tarnish the image of pro-freedom Kashmiri leadership, something India had been persistently doing since long “out of sheer frustration”.
