Srinagar May 11 (IANS) Jammu and Kashmir Works Minister Naeem Akhtar on Friday urged the separatist Joint Resistance Leadership (JRL) to join an all-party delegation that will call on Prime Minister Narendra Modi to seek a unilateral Ramadan ceasefire by security forces.
A local news agency KNS quoted the Minister as saying: "The proposal on ceasefire is in public domain and we all welcome the statements on ceasefire from people of all shades and political ideologies.
"Let JRL also join the all-party delegation to be sent to Delhi for dialogue on ceasefire and Pakistan must also respond to the ceasefire proposal keeping in view the feelings of Kashmiris " the news agency said.
If then Indian Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee and Pakistan strongman Pervez Musharraf "could walk on the path of peace and ceasefire why can t the present leaders in India and Pakistan follow suit to respect the feelings of Kashmiris" he asked.
JRL is a separatist conglomerate headed by Syed Ali Geelani Mirwaiz Umer Farooq and Muhammad Yasin Malik.
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