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Geelani rejects Indian govt offer
OCCUPIED SRINAGAR : The pro-independence leader Syed Ali Shah Geelani dismissed on Sunday an offer from the India government for fresh talks and a security review in the state.The proposals were put forward by Home Minister P. Chidambaram after he led an all-party mission last week to the Muslim-majority region, which has been shaken by pro-independence protests and strict curfews since June.
“It is a time-gaining exercise and unrealistic. It is aimed to hoodwink the international community,” Shah Geelani told reporters in occupied Srinagar.
“If rulers in New Delhi believe that by releasing a few students and providing ex gratia relief to the families of martyrs they can reduce the alienation (of Kashmiris), they are wrongly mistaken,” he said. afp
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