Foreign envoys’ visit to Kashmir a futile public relations exercise by Govt of India: Saifuddin Soz

Former Union minister and senior Congress leader Prof. Saifuddin Soz on Wednesday termed the visit of a group of foreign envoy to Kashmir as a futile public relations exercise by the Govt. of India.

“It is really unfortunate that the Govt. of India has not learnt any lesson from its past mistakes. Masters have rightly said that if the people do not learn a lesson from their mistakes, they are bound to repeat these mistakes, time and again. As done earlier by Govt. of India and Govt. of Jammu and Kashmir, these envoys will enjoy sightseeing in Kashmir and get back to their countries. Ultimately, this whole exercise will mean complete wastage of tax payers’ money,” he said in a media statement.

“I have a feeling that the envoys will read agony of Kashmiris writ large on the horizons in Kashmir. The people of Kashmir are sure that Govt. of India’s security agencies will not be able to convince these envoys that things happened to be normal in Kashmir after abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution of India,” he added.

“I also hope that the envoys will realize the fact that Kashmiris are deeply sad and angry on the abrogation of Article 370 of the Constitution of India that happened to be the basis of the their constitutional relationship with India and they (the people of Kashmir) have already started a democratic movement for restoration of their internal autonomy enshrined in the Article 370 of the Constitution of India,” he said.