New Delhi, May 27
In the backdrop of Kashmiri separatist leaders preparing to travel to Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK), government’s interlocutor on Kashmir N.N. Vohra today called on Union Home Minister Shivraj Patil and briefed him on the overall situation in Kashmir.
At their meeting in North Block, Mr Patil and Mr Vohra are understood to have deliberated on the possible impact the visit would have on the situation in Jammu and Kashmir and the ongoing Indo-Pak peace process.
Leader of the Hurriyat Conference headed by Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, JKLF and J and K Democratic Freedom Party (JKDFP) have decided to undertake a visit to PoK by the Srinagar-Muzaffarabad bus at the invitation of Pakistan Government on June 2.
India is not opposed to the proposed travel of the Hurriyat leaders, but it wants to ensure that the separatist leaders visit only Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir (PoK) as any other ordinary Kashmiri and do not go beyond PoK as it would be violative of the parameters under which the bus service has been launched.
The Indian authorities are also in a tight spot with regard to accommodating them on the bus on the date they want to travel.
According to officials sources, the list of passengers travelling on June 2 has already been finalised and a special arrangement will have to be put in place for Hurriyat leaders to reach PoK.
