New Delhi: Senior Congress leader and former finance minister P Chidambaramon Sunday hit out at the Centre for failing to restore peace in the KashmirValley saying that Modi government`s “hard, muscular and militaristic”approach had failed to end militancy in the state.
He quoted statistics to say that the number of civilians and terroristskilled in Jammu and Kashmir had almost doubled from 28 to 57 and from 110to 218 from 2014 to 2017 respectively.
“If you are one of those who had thought that the hard, muscular,militaristic approach of the government should be given a chance, you maychange your view,” Chidambaram said.
The Congress leader added that wisdom lay in actively working towards apolitical solution to the issues of J&K, where a separatist campaign ragingsince 1989 has claimed thousands of lives.
“Both AB Vajpayee and Manmohan Singh will be remembered for the diligentefforts to find a solution to the issue”, he said.