Ruling out any delay in submission
of their report, Centre-appointed interlocutors on Jammu and Kashmir
will submit it to the government before October 12.
"Our
term comes to end on October 12. The report will be handed over before
October 12," Dilip Padgaonkar, who heads the three-member team of
interlocutors, told a news agency on Friday.
"There
will be absolutely no delay. I don't know where people get this stuff
from," he said while referring to media reports about delay in
submitting their report to the Centre.
The
panel comprising veteran journalist Padgaonkar, academician Prof Radha
Kumar and former Information Commissioner M M Ansari were appointed by
the Centre to find out practical, feasible and workable solution
regarding Jammu and Kashmir by accommodating aspirations of the people
of Jammu, Kashmir and Ladakh to the largest possible extent.
In
a reply to a question about media reports that interlocutors may
recommend making special status for J-K under Article 370 of the
Constitution as a "permanent" one, Padgaonkar said, "I don't respond to
such speculation."
The
panel will be meeting General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Northern
Command, Lt Gen K T Parnaik at Command Headquarters at Udhampur, 65 km
from Jammu.
The interlocutors are on a three-day visit to the Jammu region. This is their 12th visit to J-K.
"We
had visited Samba, a border district. We met groups of panches and
sarpanches besides 20 odd delegations representing political parties,
civil rights and civil society groups yesterday," Padgoankar said,
adding that the interactions and meetings were satisfactory.
The
interlocutors are also scheduled to visit some border areas and meet
some academicians on Saturday before flying to Srinagar.
Till
now, the interlocutors have visited 18 districts, met 550 delegations
to hear the aspirations, demands, problems and view points of political
parties, academicians, writers, NGOs, social, religious and community
organisations and from the civil society.
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