Yasin Malik blames PM Narendra Modi for stalled talks

New Delhi: Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front chief Yasin Malik on Saturday hit out at Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his “hardline” approach on Kashmir and rejected the contention that the separatists are to blame for the stalling of Indo-Pak foreign secretary level talks.

“Kashmiri (separatist) leaders meeting Pakistani officials has a 24-year-old precedent. Whenever their Prime Minister or foreign secretary used to visit India, we used to meet them. It is wrong to say that we have spoiled India-Pak  peace process. On the contrary, we were trying to strengthen the peace process so that all the stakeholders could express their views Kashmiris will have to be included in any talks relating to their fate,” Mr Malik said.