Former Jammu and Kashmir (J&K) Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party president Mehbooba Mufti on Tuesday (June 2, 2026) wrote letters to regional leaders, including Chief Minister Omar Abdullah, and called for “Ladakh-like united outreach to Prime Minister (PM) and Home Minister (HM) to initiate a sustained dialogue with the people of J&K”.
“Recent breakthroughs achieved by the Leh Apex Body (LAB) and Kargil Democratic Alliance (KDA) with the Centre offer an important lesson: only dialogue can deliver meaningful outcomes. If we want to restore the dignity and security of our people, a constructive dialogue with the Government of India is a much-needed imperative. The time has come to make a united outreach to the PM and HM and prevail upon them to initiate a sustained dialogue with the people of J&K,” reads the letter of Ms. Mufti.
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Ms. Mufti said J&K finds itself yet again at a crossroads in its history where the pervasive feeling of despair and disillusionment has gripped the State. “It necessitates a broad consensus above and across party and partisan lines to pull J&K out of the current debilitating stalemate,” said Ms. Mufti.
She urged regional leaders “to keep disagreements and contrarian views on the back burner to unite for the common good and collective welfare”. “This cannot become a matter of appropriating political credit or point scoring. Rather, it must become a moment of unification in the largest interest of the people we all claim to represent,” said Ms. Mufti.
She appealed to CM Abdullah “to initiate the much-needed process of bringing all parties together through an official meeting, as the head of State”.
“This will set the ball rolling for us to formally reach out to the Central Government. Given the fact that disagreements and squabbling between regional parties have been detrimental to the collective interests of J&K, a reasonable consensus, especially post 2019, is the only solution. If Ladakh could do it, so can we,” said Ms. Mufti.
In the letter to CM Abdullah, Ms. Mufti underlined that “his support was a prerequisite for the success of this political platform”. “Genuine unity in these difficult, unprecedented times can lead us towards restoring the rights and dignity of our people guaranteed by the Indian Constitution,” said Ms. Mufti.
Besides CM Abdullah, the letter was also forwarded to BJP Leader of Opposition Sunil Sharma, J&K Pradesh Congress Committee president Tariq Hameed Karra, CPI(M) leader Mohammad Yousuf Tarigami, People’s Conference chairman Sajad Gani Lone, Member of Parliament Engineer Rashid, J&K Aam Aadmi Party president Mehraj Malik, Peoples Democratic Front chairman Hakeem Mohammad Yaseen, J&K National Panthers Party president Harsh Dev Singh, Shiv Sena (J&K unit) president Manish Sahni, Kashmiri Pandit Sangharsh Samiti president Sanjay Tickoo, and Gurudwara Prabandhak Committee Chairman Jaspal Singh.
Published - June 02, 2026 01:19 pm IST
Source: The Hindu - India News
