Kashmiri Pandits reject Musharraf's formula on Kashmir

New Delhi, Dec 25 (UNI) Kashmiri Pandits today rejected Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf's four-point formula on Kashmir and said the latest indications emanating from the ongoing Indo-Pak Composite Dialogue process were confusing.

A Resolution adopted after a day-long conference, organised by the Kashmiri Samiti, the apex body of Kashmiri Pandits, said it was not very clear what prompted Gen Musharraf to come out with this ''out of box'' formula but it was clear that the government of India was willing to discuss it.

Without going into the merits and demerits of the formula, the government of India was willing to ''clutch any straw'' that Pakistan offered without understanding how this formula would fit into the spectrum of Indian claims.

''There is a unanimous Parliament Resolution of 1994 describing Jammu and Kashmir as an integral part of India and asking Pakistan to withdraw frm theterritory under its control and then recently, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh declared that there is no question of change of borders,'' the Resolution said.

How could the two countries then discuss reduction of armies, creating five zones having self-rule and an overall joint control on the entire territory, it said and feared that the government of India may accept the formula.

''The whole exercise leaves only the Kashmiri Pandits in the lurch. They are now in their 19th year of displacement and see little or no chance of their returning to their homes in the near future,'' the Resolution said.

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